UHD Graphics G4 48EU Mobile vs GeForce GT 720M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1020	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Generation 11.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	N14M-GE	Lakefield GT1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 April 2013 (11 years ago)	28 May 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price	$499	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	96	384
Core clock speed	625 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	938 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	915 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.13	16.00
Floating-point performance	240.0 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 720M and UHD Graphics G4 48EU Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	Ring Bus

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Standard memory configuration	DDR3	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1800 - 2000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	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 Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 2560x1600	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 2560x1600	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP content protection	+	no data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	+	no data
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 April 2013	28 May 2020
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	28 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	15 Watt

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