GeForce GTX 960 and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce GT 720
GeForce GTX 960
6254
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
GM206
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2015
September 2014
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
1024
192
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
192
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
12.75
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support
4 displays
3 displays
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.4
4.4
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
+
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-