Arc Pro A40 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)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGK208DG2-128
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date25 December 2013 (10 years ago)8 August 2022 (2 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 cores1921024
Core clock speed719 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed758 MHz1700 MHz
Number of transistors915 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate12.13108.8
Floating-point processing power0.2911 TFLOPS3.482 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs1664
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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 x8
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3no data
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s192.0 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 outputs4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0
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 Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 December 2013 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 50 Watt

GT 720M has 51.5% lower power consumption.

Arc Pro A40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 720M and Arc Pro A40. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 720M is a notebook card while Arc Pro A40 is a workstation one.


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