ATI FirePro M7820 vs GeForce GT 720M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1055not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.51no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGK208Broadway
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date25 December 2013 (10 years ago)1 May 2010 (14 years ago)

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 cores192800
Core clock speed719 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed758 MHzno data
Number of transistors915 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate12.1328.00
Floating-point processing power0.2911 TFLOPS1.12 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1640

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedlarge
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3no data
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s64 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputsNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 2560x1600no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 2560x1600no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 December 2013 1 May 2010
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 50 Watt

GT 720M has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 51.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 720M and FirePro M7820. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 720M is a notebook graphics card while FirePro M7820 is a mobile workstation one.


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