Radeon RX Vega 7 vs GeForce 720A
Aggregated performance score
Radeon RX Vega 7 outperforms GeForce 720A by 367% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary Details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 912 | 498 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 10 |
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation | 0.01 | 10.94 |
Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | Vega (2017−2021) |
GPU code name | GF117 | Vega Raven Ridge |
Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
Release date | 1 July 2014 (9 years ago) | 7 January 2020 (4 years ago) |
Current price | $639 | $387 |
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
RX Vega 7 has 109300% better value for money than GeForce 720A.
Detailed Specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 96 | 448 |
Core clock speed | 775 MHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 938 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Number of transistors | 585 million | no data |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 7 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | 15 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 15.01 | no data |
Floating-point performance | 360.2 gflops | no data |
Form Factor & Compatibility
Information on GeForce 720A and Radeon RX Vega 7 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | no data |
Width | MXM Module | no data |
Memory type | DDR3 | no data |
Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | no data |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | no data |
Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | no data |
Memory bandwidth | 16 GB/s | no data |
Shared memory | no data | + |
Connectivity and Outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
Display Connectors | No outputs | no data |
API Compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12_1 |
Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
Vulkan | N/A | no data |
CUDA | 2.1 | no data |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
Full HD | 4−5
−475%
| 23
+475%
|
1440p | 6−7
−433%
| 32
+433%
|
4K | 3−4
−500%
| 18
+500%
|
Pros & Cons Summary
Performance score | 1.59 | 7.43 |
Recency | 1 July 2014 | 7 January 2020 |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 7 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | 15 Watt |
The Radeon RX Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 720A in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce 720A is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 7 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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