NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
VS
AMD Radeon R5 A240
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
VS
AMD Radeon R5 A240

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and AMD Radeon R5 A240. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

808
Place in performance rating
820
6.59
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler 2.0
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GK208B
Code name
Jet
Desktop
Type
Desktop
29 September 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
2014 (7 years ago)
$49
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$92 (1.9x MSRP)
Price now
no data
0.16
Value for money
no data
GK208B
GPU code name
Oland
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and AMD Radeon R5 A240 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
320
797 MHz
Core clock speed
1030 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
780 MHz
915 million
Transistor count
690 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
19 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
12.75
Texture fill rate
15.60
306.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
98 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
192
CUDA cores
no data
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
no data
Boost clock speed
780 MHz
915 million
Number of transistors
950 million
19 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
50 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and AMD Radeon R5 A240.

PCIe 2.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
5.7" (14.5 cm)
Length
168 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCI Express 2.0
Bus support
no data
2.713" (6.9 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and AMD Radeon R5 A240 can be seen in this section.

DDR3 / GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
1 GB or 1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
1800 MBps
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and AMD Radeon R5 A240, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
3 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and AMD Radeon R5 A240 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
3D Gaming
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and AMD Radeon R5 A240. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 and AMD Radeon R5 A240 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 or AMD Radeon R5 A240 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
AMD Radeon R5 A240
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
AMD Radeon R5 A240
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
AMD Radeon R5 A240
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
AMD Radeon R5 A240
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720
AMD Radeon R5 A240
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

Less power consumption (19 Watt vs 50 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 A240

More pipelines (320 vs 192)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB or 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (28.8 GB/s vs 14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5))

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 or AMD Radeon R5 A240?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 versus AMD Radeon R5 A240 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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