GeForce GT 720A vs 945A

Place in performance ranking	605	929
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	no data	0.01
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GM108	GF117
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	13 March 2015 (9 years ago)	1 July 2014 (9 years ago)
Current price	no data	$639

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	384	96
Core clock speed	1072 MHz	775 MHz
Boost clock speed	1189 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	33 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.54	12.40
Floating-point performance	903.2 gflops	360.2 gflops

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 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	MXM Module	MXM Module

Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB/s	16.02 GB/s

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

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API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	5.0	2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 945A 4.78
+219%

GT 720A 1.50

945A outperforms GT 720A by 219% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GeForce 945A 1852
+219%

GT 720A 581

945A outperforms GT 720A by 219% in Passmark.