GeForce GT 720M and GeForce 9600M GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 720M vs GeForce 9600M GT
GeForce GT 720M
475
GeForce 9600M GT
139
GeForce GT 720M
GeForce 9600M GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
N14M-GE
NB9P-GS
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
April 2013
June 2008
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x8
MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
938 MHz
-
Core clock speed
625 MHz
120 MHz
CUDA cores
-
32
Floating-point performance
240.0 gflops
80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
915 million
314 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
32
Power consumption (TDP)
33 Watt
23 Watt
Texture fill rate
12.13
8.000
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1800 - 2000 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
25.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
DDR3
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 2560x1600
-
LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
-
VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 2560x1600
-
HDCP content protection
+
-
HDMI
+
-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
Blu-Ray 3D Support
+
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+
-