Quadro Plex 2200 D2 vs GeForce GT 720A

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking975not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.24no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGF117GT200B
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 July 2014 (10 years ago)25 July 2008 (16 years ago)

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 cores96240
Core clock speed775 MHz648 MHz
Number of transistors585 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt640 Watt
Texture fill rate12.4051.84
Floating-point processing power0.2976 TFLOPS0.6221 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs1680

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data522 mm

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth16.02 GB/s102.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.11.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2014 25 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 640 Watt

GT 720A has an age advantage of 5 years, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1839.4% lower power consumption.

Plex 2200 D2, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 720A and Quadro Plex 2200 D2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 720A is a notebook card while Quadro Plex 2200 D2 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
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