GeForce GT 720 OEM vs RTX 3050 4GB Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking272not rated
Place by popularity48not in top-100
Power efficiency28.20no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2025)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGN20-P0GK107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 May 2021 (4 years ago)29 October 2017 (7 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 cores2048192
Core clock speed1238 MHz993 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data15.89
Floating-point processing powerno data0.3813 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data16

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-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 typeGDDR6DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed12000 MHz891 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data28.51 GB/s
Shared memory-no data
Resizable BAR+-

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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12_212 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2021 29 October 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 50 Watt

RTX 3050 4GB Mobile has an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

GT 720 OEM, on the other hand, has 20% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile and GeForce GT 720 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GT 720 OEM is a desktop one.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile
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