Radeon Pro 580X vs GeForce 720M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 339 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 9.20 |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | GF117 | Polaris 20 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 1 April 2013 (12 years ago) | 18 March 2019 (6 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 96 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 625 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 585 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.00 | 172.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.24 TFLOPS | 5.53 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | 144 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | 576 KB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1695 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 217.0 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 2.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 April 2013 | 18 March 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | 150 Watt |
GeForce 720M has 354.5% lower power consumption.
Pro 580X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 720M and Radeon Pro 580X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 720M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Pro 580X is a mobile workstation one.
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