Radeon HD 7950 Monica BIOS 2 vs GeForce GT 720

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	992	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Power efficiency	6.35	no data
Architecture	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GK208B	Tahiti
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	29 September 2014 (11 years ago)	31 January 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$49	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	192	768
Core clock speed	797 MHz	800 MHz
Number of transistors	915 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	85 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	12.75	38.40
Floating-point processing power	0.306 TFLOPS	1.229 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	16	48
L1 Cache	16 KB	192 KB
L2 Cache	128 KB	768 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 Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	267 mm
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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	DDR3 / GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB or 1 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)	240.0 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	Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	3 displays	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 September 2014	31 January 2012
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB or 1 GB	3 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	85 Watt

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