
GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GT 720M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce GT 720M
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce GT 720M
475
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GT 720M
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GT200
N14M-GE
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
June 2008
April 2013
Bus support
-
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
-
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
-
938 MHz
Core clock speed
602 MHz
625 MHz
CUDA cores
240
-
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
96
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
33 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
12.13
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
-
DDR3
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support
-
Up to 2560x1600
LVDS signal support
-
Up to 1920x1200
Multi monitor support
+
-
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
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
4.5
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
1.1.126
Blu-Ray 3D Support
-
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
-
+
Optimus
-
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
-
+