GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GT 720M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GT 720M
GeForce GTX 980
11457
GeForce GT 720M
475
GeForce GTX 980
GeForce GT 720M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GM204
N14M-GE
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2014
April 2013
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
-
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1216 MHz
938 MHz
Core clock speed
1064 MHz
625 MHz
CUDA cores
2048
-
Floating-point performance
4,981 gflops
240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
96
Power consumption (TDP)
165 Watt
33 Watt
Texture fill rate
144 billion/sec
12.13
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory configuration
-
DDR3
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support
-
Up to 2560x1600
LVDS signal support
-
Up to 1920x1200
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
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
-
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
BatteryBoost
+
-
Blu-Ray 3D Support
-
+
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
+
Optimus
+
+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
-
+