Radeon 540 and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon 540 vs GeForce GT 720
Radeon 540
1420
GeForce GT 720
628
Radeon 540
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
Lexa
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2017
September 2014
Bus support
-
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1124 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1183 MHz
797 MHz
CUDA cores
-
192
Floating-point performance
-
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2,200 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
192
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C
Texture fill rate
28.39
12.75
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3 / GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB or 1 GB
Memory bus width
32 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
6 GB/s
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
24 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Display Connectors
2x DisplayPort 1.4a
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support
-
3 displays
HDMI
-
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
-
+
OpenCL
2.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.4
Shader Model
6.7
5.1
Vulkan
1.3
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+