GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce GT 720
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
GT200
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
September 2014
Bus support
-
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
602 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
240
192
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
192
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
98 °C
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
12.75
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Display Connectors
HDTVDual 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
-
+