GeForce 720A vs Radeon E6460

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon E6460 and GeForce 720A, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Radeon E6460
2011
512 MB GDDR5, 25 Watt
0.84

720A outperforms E6460 by an impressive 89% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1140961
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.303.30
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameCaicosGF117
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 April 2011 (13 years ago)1 July 2014 (10 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 cores16096
Core clock speed600 MHz775 MHz
Boost clock speedno data938 MHz
Number of transistors370 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt33 Watt
Texture fill rate4.80015.01
Floating-point processing power0.192 TFLOPS0.1801 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs816

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

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s16 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.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Radeon E6460 0.84
GeForce 720A 1.59
+89.3%

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.

Radeon E6460 323
GeForce 720A 614
+90.1%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.84 1.59
Recency 7 April 2011 1 July 2014
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 33 Watt

Radeon E6460 has 32% lower power consumption.

GeForce 720A, on the other hand, has a 89.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce 720A is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon E6460 in performance tests.


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