Tegra X1 vs GeForce GT 720

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking960not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency5.82no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGK208BGM20B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 September 2014 (10 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$49 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores192256
Core clock speed797 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors915 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate12.7516.00
Floating-point processing power0.306 TFLOPS0.512 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1616

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 supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x8IGP
Length145 mmno data
Height2.713" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slotIGP
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 / GDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GB or 1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/sSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)no 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-DHDMIVGANo outputs
Multi monitor support3 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
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+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

GT 720 1750
+12.8%
Tegra X1 1551

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 15 Watt

Tegra X1 has a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 26.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 720 and Tegra X1. We've got no test results to judge.


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