Graphics card comparison
GeForce GT 710 vs GeForce GT 720
Nvidia
GeForce GT 710
2048 Mb DDR3
Released 27 Mar 2014
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GT 720
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 29 Sep 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GT 710100%
- GeForce GT 720109%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 710
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 720
- Around 9% higher average synthetic performance.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GT 720
The GeForce GT 720 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GT 710 | GeForce GT 720 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK208 () | GK208 () |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 87 mm² | 87 mm² |
| Transistors | unknown | unknown |
| Shaders | 192 | 192 |
| Compute Units | 1 | 1 |
| Core clock | 954 MHz | 797 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GT 710 | GeForce GT 720 |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 710 | GeForce GT 720 |
|---|
| TDP | 19 watts | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 27 Mar 2014 | 29 Sep 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GT 7103.82 GP/s
- GeForce GT 7203.19 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GT 71015.26 GT/s
- GeForce GT 72012.75 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GT 71014.40 GB/s
- GeForce GT 72012.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GT 710366.30 GFLOPs
- GeForce GT 720306.05 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GT 7101110
- GeForce GT 7201220
Points (higher is better)