GeForce 720A vs G105M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce G105M and GeForce 720A, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
720A outperforms G105M by a whopping 331% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1380 | 1048 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.76 | 3.22 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | GF117 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 16 July 2009 (16 years ago) | 1 July 2014 (11 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 | 8 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 775 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 938 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 585 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 33 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 15.01 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.03424 TFLOPS | 0.1801 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 38 | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | 128 KB |
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).
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
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 | GDDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | Up to 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 (DDR2)/700 (GDDR3) MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 8 (DDR2)/11 (GDDR3) | 16 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 | VGADual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortHDMI | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | 2.1 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.32 | 1.38 |
| Recency | 16 July 2009 | 1 July 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 33 Watt |
GeForce G105M has 135.7% lower power consumption.
GeForce 720A, on the other hand, has a 331.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce 720A is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce G105M in performance tests.
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