NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce 720A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce 720A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 938 MHz
15.6x more texture fill rate: 234.9 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
26.7x more pipelines: 2560 vs 96
20.9x better floating-point performance: 7,516 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
5x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
18.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11533 vs 614
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 735 vs 304

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 1 July 2014
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 938 MHz
Texture fill rate	234.9 GTexel / s vs 15.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 96
Floating-point performance	7,516 gflops vs 360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	11533 vs 614
PassMark - G2D Mark	735 vs 304

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 720A

4.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 720A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11533

614

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

735

304

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
PassMark - G3D Mark	11533	614
PassMark - G2D Mark	735	304
Geekbench - OpenCL	45938
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6008

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce 720A
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GP104	GF117
Launch date	27 June 2017	1 July 2014
Place in performance rating	180	502
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1468 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	938 MHz
Floating-point performance	7,516 gflops	360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	96
Texture fill rate	234.9 GTexel / s	15.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	320.3 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	10008 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready