NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 and NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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 770

NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1046 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
75x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5926 vs 79
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 560 vs 308

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 May 2013 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	1046 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5926 vs 79
PassMark - G2D Mark	560 vs 308

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

5.8x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 230 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 230 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5926

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

560

308

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
PassMark - G3D Mark	5926	79
PassMark - G2D Mark	560	308
Geekbench - OpenCL	18445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	49.824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1089.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	103.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2139

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK104	C78
Launch date	30 May 2013	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	524	528
Price now	$449.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	15.45
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1046 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Floating-point performance	3,333 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	134 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Minimum recommended system power	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	One 8-pin and one 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
PhysX
TXAA