GeForce 7900 GX2 vs GT 720

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking954not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency6.04no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGK208BG71
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 September 2014 (10 years ago)30 April 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$49 $599

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 cores192no data
Core clock speed797 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors915 million278 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate12.7512.00
Floating-point processing power0.306 TFLOPSno data
ROPs816
TMUs1624

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 supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x8PCIe 1.0 x16
Length145 mm312 mm
Height2.713" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-pin

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 typeDDR3 / GDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB or 1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s600 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)38.4 GB/s

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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support3 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

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.

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 September 2014 30 April 2006
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB or 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm

GT 720 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 720 and GeForce 7900 GX2. We've got no test results to judge.


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