GeForce 720A vs Quadro 600

Place in the ranking	1085	1048
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.06	no data
Power efficiency	2.39	3.22
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF108	GF117
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	13 December 2010 (15 years ago)	1 July 2014 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

no data

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	96	96
Core clock speed	640 MHz	775 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	938 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	33 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.24	15.01
Floating-point processing power	0.2458 TFLOPS	0.1801 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	16	16
L1 Cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 Cache	256 KB	128 KB

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	16 GB/s

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 Connectors

1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	2.1

Synthetic benchmarks

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Quadro 600 1.24

GeForce 720A 1.38
+11.3%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro 600 519
Samples: 1935

GeForce 720A 577
+11.2%

Samples: 7

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.24	1.38
Recency	13 December 2010	1 July 2014
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	33 Watt

GeForce 720A has a 11% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 43% more advanced lithography process, and 21% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 720A is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro 600 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 720A is a notebook one.