GeForce GT 720: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 1.58% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GT 720 sales 29 September 2014 at a recommended price of $49 . This is a Kepler 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 1 GB or 1 GB of DDR3 / GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5).
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-width card attached via PCIe 2.0 x8 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 5.7" (14.5 cm). No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 19 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GeForce GT 720: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 917 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.02 | |
| Architecture | Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015) | |
| GPU code name | GK208B | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 29 September 2014 (9 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $49 | |
| Current price | $394 (8x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
GeForce GT 720's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GT 720's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 192 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| CUDA cores | 192 | |
| Core clock speed | 797 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 915 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 98 °C | |
| Texture fill rate | 12.75 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 306.0 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GT 720 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x8 | |
| Length | 5.7" (14.5 cm) | |
| Height | 2.713" (6.9 cm) | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GT 720: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | DDR3 / GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB or 1 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5) | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GT 720. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA | |
| Multi monitor support | 3 displays | |
| HDMI | + | |
| HDCP | + | |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal |
Supported technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GT 720. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Blu-Ray | + | |
| 3D Gaming | + | |
| 3D Vision | + |
API compatibility
APIs supported by GeForce GT 720, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | |
| CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GT 720. 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.
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%
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 9%
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
GeekBench 5 CUDA
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.
Benchmark coverage: 4%
Octane Render OctaneBench
This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.
Benchmark coverage: 4%
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GT 720 is Radeon HD 7570, which is faster by 1% and higher by 5 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GT 720:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce GT 720 according to our statistics.
