GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs GT 720

Aggregate performance score

GT 720
2014
1 GB or 1 GB DDR3 / GDDR5, 19 Watt
1.58

RTX 4050 Mobile outperforms GT 720 by a whopping 2365% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking921105
Place by popularitynot in top-10074
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGK208BGN21-X2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 September 2014 (9 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$49 no data
Current price$394 (8x MSRP)no data

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 cores1922560
CUDA cores192no data
Core clock speed797 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2370 MHz
Number of transistors915 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate12.75140.4
Floating-point performance306.0 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 720 and GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Length5.7" (14.5 cm)no data
Height2.713" (6.9 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR3 / GDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB or 1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s16000 GB/s
Memory bandwidth14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)192.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-DHDMIVGAPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support3 displaysno data
HDMI+no data
HDCP+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+no data
3D Gaming+no data
3D Vision+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.9

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.

GT 720 1.58
RTX 4050 Mobile 38.95
+2365%

RTX 4050 Mobile outperforms GT 720 by 2365% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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%

GT 720 730
RTX 4050 Mobile 22194
+2940%

RTX 4050 Mobile outperforms GT 720 by 2940% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD3−4
−3100%
96
+3100%
1440p2−3
−2400%
50
+2400%
4K1−2
−3100%
32
+3100%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.58 38.95
Recency 29 September 2014 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB or 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 115 Watt

The GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 720 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 720 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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