GeForce GT 720 vs 7900 GTO

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated960
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.02
Power efficiencyno data5.77
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameG71GK208B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 October 2006 (18 years ago)29 September 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 coresno data192
Core clock speed650 MHz797 MHz
Number of transistors278 million915 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)81 Watt19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data98 °C
Texture fill rate15.6012.75
Floating-point processing powerno data0.306 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs2416

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).

Bus supportno dataPCI Express 2.0
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x8
Lengthno data145 mm
Heightno data2.713" (6.9 cm)
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed660 MHz1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth42.24 GB/s14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoDual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor supportno data3 displays
HDMI-+
HDCP-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray-+
3D Gaming-+
3D Vision-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.1
OpenGL2.14.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2006 29 September 2014
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB or 1 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 81 Watt 19 Watt

GT 720 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 326.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7900 GTO and GeForce GT 720. We've got no test results to judge.


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