A100 PCIe vs GeForce GT 720M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1057not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.47no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK208GA100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date25 December 2013 (11 years ago)22 June 2020 (4 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 cores1926912
Core clock speed719 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed758 MHzno data
Number of transistors915 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate12.13609.1
Floating-point processing power0.2911 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs8160
TMUs16432
Tensor Coresno data432

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-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 typeDDR3HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount2 GB40 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3no data
Memory bus width64 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s1,555 GB/s
Shared memory--

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
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 2560x1600no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 2560x1600no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.12.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA+8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 December 2013 22 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 40 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 250 Watt

GT 720M has 657.6% lower power consumption.

A100 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 1900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 720M and A100 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 720M is a notebook card while A100 PCIe is a workstation one.


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