GeForce GT 720 and GeForce 8600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 720 vs GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce GT 720
GeForce 8600 GT
Architecture
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GK208B
G84
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
April 2007
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x8
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
-
+
Core clock speed
797 MHz
540 MHz
CUDA cores
192
-
Floating-point performance
306.0 gflops
76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
915 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
32
Power consumption (TDP)
19 Watt
47 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
12.75
8.6 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR3 / GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB or 1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
22.4 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
3 displays
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.4
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
3D Vision
+
-