GeForce 840M and GeForce GT 720A - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 840M vs GeForce GT 720A
GeForce 840M
1121
GeForce GT 720A
590
GeForce 840M
GeForce GT 720A
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N15S-GT
GF117
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2014
July 2014
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x16
Boost clock speed
1124 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1029 MHz
775 MHz
Floating-point performance
863.2 gflops
360.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
-
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
96
Power consumption (TDP)
33 Watt
33 Watt
Texture fill rate
17.98
12.40
Memory type
DDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth
16.02 GB/s
16.02 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
2.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
GameWorks
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
Optimus
+
-