GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce GT 720
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce GT 720
628
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
GM204
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
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)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
192
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
192
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
98 °C
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
12.75
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224 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
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-