Graphics card comparison
GeForce GT 720 vs GeForce GT 710 OEM
Nvidia
GeForce GT 720
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 29 Sep 2014
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GT 710 OEM
512 Mb DDR3
Released 9 Apr 2015
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GT 720109%
- GeForce GT 710 OEM100%
Relative performance
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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 710 OEM
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 720 | GeForce GT 710 OEM |
|---|
| 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 | 797 MHz | 823 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GT 720 | GeForce GT 710 OEM |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 720 | GeForce GT 710 OEM |
|---|
| TDP | 19 watts | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Sep 2014 | 9 Apr 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GT 7203.19 GP/s
- GeForce GT 710 OEM3.29 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GT 72012.75 GT/s
- GeForce GT 710 OEM13.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GT 72012.80 GB/s
- GeForce GT 710 OEM14.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GT 720306.05 GFLOPs
- GeForce GT 710 OEM316.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GT 7201220
- GeForce GT 710 OEM1110
Points (higher is better)