GeForce GTX 850M and GeForce GT 720M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 850M vs GeForce GT 720M
GeForce GTX 850M
2591
GeForce GT 720M
475
GeForce GTX 850M
GeForce GT 720M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N15P-GT
N14M-GE
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
March 2014
April 2013
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
-
938 MHz
Core clock speed
Up to 936 MHz
625 MHz
CUDA cores
640
-
Floating-point performance
1,155 gflops
240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
1,870 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
96
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
33 Watt
Texture fill rate
36.08
12.13
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
Up to 2500 MHz
1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
80.0 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
DDR3 or GDDR5
DDR3
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support
Up to 3840x2160
Up to 2560x1600
LVDS signal support
Up to 1920x1200
Up to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display support
Up to 2048x1536
Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
Up to 3840x2160
Up to 2560x1600
HDCP content protection
+
+
HDMI
+
+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
Ansel
+
-
Blu-Ray 3D Support
-
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
+
Optimus
+
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
+
+