NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

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 GTX 980M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A.

193
Place in performance rating
809
29.35
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Maxwell
Architecture
Fermi 2.0
GM204
Code name
GF117
Laptop
Type
Desktop
7 October 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
1 July 2014 (7 years ago)
$583
Price now
$639
9.31
Value for money
0.14
GM204
GPU code name
GF117
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A 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.

1536
Pipelines
96
1038 MHz
Core clock speed
775 MHz
1127 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
5,200 million
Transistor count
585 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
33 Watt
51.84
Texture fill rate
12.40
3,462 gflops
Floating-point performance
360.2 gflops
1536
CUDA cores
no data
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
1127 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
5,200 million
Number of transistors
585 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
33 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
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large
Laptop size
no data
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SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0
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 GTX 980M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
2500 MHz
Memory clock speed
2002 MHz
160 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
16.02 GB/s
-
Shared memory
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 GTX 980M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
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G-SYNC support
no data
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HDMI
no data
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VGA аnalog display support
no data
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DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
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Technologies

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

2.0
GPU Boost
no data
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CUDA
no data
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GeForce Experience
no data
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Optimus
no data
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Ansel
no data
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GameStream
no data
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GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
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GameWorks
no data
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BatteryBoost
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data
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DSR
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A 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 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
6.4
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 GTX 980M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A 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 GTX 980M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A
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 GTX 980M

31.9% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($583 vs $639)

More pipelines (1536 vs 96)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (160 GB/s vs 16.02 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A

There is no accountable advantage

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M or NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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Unigine Heaven 3.0

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SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

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SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

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SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

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SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

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SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

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SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

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User rating

4.1 Out of 48 Hitesti Score
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