GeForce GT 610 OEM vs GT 720A

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking929not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF117GF119
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 July 2014 (9 years ago)9 September 2012 (11 years ago)
Current price$639 $177

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 cores9648
Core clock speed775 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors585 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt29 Watt
Texture fill rate12.404.400
Floating-point performance360.2 gflops115.2 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
WidthMXM Module1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth16.02 GB/s8 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMIno data+

API Compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.12.1

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 1 July 2014 9 September 2012
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 29 Watt

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