GeForce GT 720 and GeForce GT 520 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 720 vs GeForce GT 520
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce GT 520
318
GeForce GT 720
GeForce GT 520
Architecture
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GK208B
GF119
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
April 2011
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
797 MHz
810 MHz
CUDA cores
192
48
Floating-point performance
306.0 gflops
155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
915 million
292 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
48
Power consumption (TDP)
19 Watt
29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
102 °C
Texture fill rate
12.75
6.5 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR3 / GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB or 1 GB
1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
14.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
Multi monitor support
3 displays
+
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.4
4.2
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
3D Vision
+
-