GeForce 9600 GT and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9600 GT vs GeForce GT 720
GeForce 9600 GT
502
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
G94
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
February 2008
September 2014
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
650 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
64
192
Floating-point performance
208 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
505 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
64
192
Power consumption (TDP)
96 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
98 °C
Texture fill rate
20.8 billion/sec
12.75
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Display Connectors
HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support
+
3 displays
HDMI
-
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
Internal
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
2.1
4.4
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+