NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
VS
Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
VS
Intel HD Graphics 4000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and Intel HD Graphics 4000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

873
Place in performance rating
880
Fermi
Architecture
Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge
GK208
Code name
Ivy Bridge GT2
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 April 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
23 March 2011 (10 years ago)
$499
Price now
$91
0.03
Value for money
0.13
N14M-GE
GPU code name
Ivy Bridge
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and Intel HD Graphics 4000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
128
625 MHz
Core clock speed
350 MHz
758 MHz
Boost Clock
1300 MHz
915 million
Transistor count
1,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
22 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
12.13
Texture fill rate
20.80
240.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
33.6 gflops
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
938 MHz
Boost clock speed
1350 MHz
915 million
Number of transistors
1,200 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and Intel HD Graphics 4000.

PCIe 2.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
medium sized
Laptop size
no data
PCI Express 2.0
Bus support
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 720M and Intel HD Graphics 4000 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
System Shared
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
no data
64 Bit
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
12.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
+
DDR3
Standard memory configuration
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and Intel HD Graphics 4000, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
HDMI
no data
Up to 2048x1536
VGA аnalog display support
no data
Up to 2560x1600
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
no data
Up to 2560x1600
eDP 1.2 signal support
no data
Up to 1920x1200
LVDS signal support
no data
+
HDCP content protection
no data
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
no data
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and Intel HD Graphics 4000 is the additional functionality.

+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data
+
FXAA
no data
+
Verde Drivers
no data
no data
Quick Sync
+
+
Blu-Ray 3D Support
no data
+
Direct Compute
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and Intel HD Graphics 4000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
11.1 (11_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.0
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.1.80
5.1
Shader Model
5.0
1.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and Intel HD Graphics 4000 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 720M or Intel HD Graphics 4000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
Intel HD Graphics 4000
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
Intel HD Graphics 4000
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 720M

More pipelines (192 vs 128)

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 4000

0.04% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($91 vs $499)

Finer manufacturing process technology (22 nm vs 28 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M or Intel HD Graphics 4000?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend Intel HD Graphics 4000 .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M versus Intel HD Graphics 4000 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 4000