NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 797 MHz
37662.7x more texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 12.75 GTexel / s
30.7x more pipelines: 5888 vs 192
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 28 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 1 GB or 1 GB
Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 900 MHz
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1166 vs 208
42.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26959 vs 631
75.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 2224
94.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 417.133 vs 4.418
140.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 55.476 vs 0.395
30.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 245.639 vs 8.158
142x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2459.317 vs 17.317

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 29 September 2014
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 797 MHz
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s vs 12.75 GTexel / s
Pipelines	5888 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 1 GB or 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166 vs 208
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959 vs 631
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049 vs 2224
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133 vs 4.418
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476 vs 0.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	245.639 vs 8.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317 vs 17.317

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

15x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 285 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 285 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1166

208

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26959

631

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

168049

2224

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

417.133

4.418

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

55.476

0.395

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

245.639

8.158

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459.317

17.317

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166	208
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959	631
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049	2224
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133	4.418
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476	0.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	245.639	8.158
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317	17.317
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		142.734
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		895
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		519
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		895
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		280
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		519

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Kepler 2.0
Code name	AD104	GK208B
Launch date	2023	29 September 2014
Place in performance rating	35	1590
Launch price (MSRP)		$49
Price now		$54.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		15.44
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	797 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5888	192
Pixel fill rate	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s	12.75 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million
CUDA cores		192
Floating-point performance		306.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches	2.713" (6.9 cm)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x8
Length	336 mm, 13.2 inches	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Memory bus width	192 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	DDR3 / GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA