GeForce 940MX and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 940MX vs GeForce GT 720
GeForce 940MX
1561
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce 940MX
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
N16S-GTR-B/S
GK208B
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2016
September 2014
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1242 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1122 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
-
192
Floating-point performance
762.6 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
1,870 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
192
Power consumption (TDP)
23 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C
Texture fill rate
23.83
12.75
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR5
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
40.1 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support
-
3 displays
HDMI
-
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.4
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+
GameWorks
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
Optimus
+
-