GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GT 720
GeForce GTX 1080
16002
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2016
September 2014
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
2560
192
Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
192
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
98 °C
Texture fill rate
277.3
12.75
Memory type
GDDR5X
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support
+
3 displays
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.4
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+
Ansel
+
-
GPU Boost
3.0
-
VR Ready
+
-