GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8800 GTX vs GeForce GT 720
GeForce 8800 GTX
608
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
G80
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2006
September 2014
Bus support
-
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
576 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
575
192
Floating-point performance
345.6 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
681 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
192
Power consumption (TDP)
155 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C
Texture fill rate
36.8 billion/sec
12.75
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
768 MB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
86.4 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support
-
3 displays
HDMI
-
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
3.3
4.4
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+