NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

873
Place in performance rating
945
Fermi
Architecture
Tesla
GK208
Code name
G92
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 April 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
31 January 2008 (13 years ago)
$499
Price now
$110
0.03
Value for money
0.06
N14M-GE
GPU code name
G92
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
96
625 MHz
Core clock speed
550 MHz
758 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
915 million
Transistor count
754 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
12.13
Texture fill rate
26.40
240.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
264 gflops
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
938 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
915 million
Number of transistors
754 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
105 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS.

PCIe 2.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
no data
Length
229 mm
no data
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
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 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
384 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1600 MHz
12.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data
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 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
+
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 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 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
+
Blu-Ray 3D Support
no data
+
Direct Compute
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.5
OpenGL
3.3
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 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 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
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

0.24% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (192 vs 96)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 65 nm)

Less power consumption (33 Watt vs 105 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Cheaper ($110 vs $499)

More maximum RAM amount (384 MB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (38.4 GB/s vs 12.8 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M versus NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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