GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs GT 720

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking960not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10077
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency5.77no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK208BGA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 September 2014 (10 years ago)17 December 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$49 no data

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 cores1922048
Core clock speed797 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1155 MHz
Number of transistors915 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt30 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate12.7573.92
Floating-point processing power0.306 TFLOPS4.731 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs1664
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 3.0 x8
Length145 mmno data
Height2.713" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 / GDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB or 1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)96 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-DHDMIVGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
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)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 September 2014 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB or 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 30 Watt

GT 720 has 57.9% lower power consumption.

RTX 2050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 720 and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 720 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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