GeForce GT 720M vs 7900 GTO

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated1050
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.50
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameG71GK208
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 October 2006 (18 years ago)25 December 2013 (10 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 coresno data192
Core clock speed650 MHz719 MHz
Boost clock speedno data758 MHz
Number of transistors278 million915 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)81 Watt33 Watt
Texture fill rate15.6012.13
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2911 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs2416

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 2.0
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB2 GB
Standard memory configurationno dataDDR3
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed660 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth42.24 GB/s12.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportno dataUp to 2560x1600
LVDS signal supportno dataUp to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display supportno dataUp to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno dataUp to 2560x1600
HDMI-+
HDCP content protection-+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI-+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support-+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder-+
Optimus-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 API
Shader Model3.05.1
OpenGL2.14.5
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2006 25 December 2013
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 81 Watt 33 Watt

GT 720M has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 145.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7900 GTO and GeForce GT 720M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7900 GTO is a desktop card while GeForce GT 720M is a notebook one.


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