ATI Radeon X1600 vs GeForce GT 720M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1055not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.51no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007)
GPU code nameGK208RV516
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date25 December 2013 (10 years ago)2007 (17 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 cores192no data
Core clock speed719 MHz635 MHz
Boost clock speed758 MHzno data
Number of transistors915 million105 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt27 Watt
Texture fill rate12.132.540
Floating-point processing power0.2911 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs164

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 1.0 x16
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 typeDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Standard memory configurationDDR3no data
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MBps
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s12.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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 API9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.52.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GT 720M 460
+839%
ATI X1600 49

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 27 Watt

GT 720M has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI X1600, on the other hand, has 22.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 720M and Radeon X1600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 720M is a notebook card while Radeon X1600 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
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