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

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M  vs  Intel HD Graphics 4000.

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

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M  vs  Intel HD Graphics 4000 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and Intel HD Graphics 4000 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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 cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M vs Intel HD Graphics 4000.

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

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M vs Intel HD Graphics 4000.

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

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
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 confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M and Intel HD Graphics 4000 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.5 Out of 76 Hitesti Score
3.4 Out of 1181 Hitesti Score