Radeon R7 265 and GeForce GT 720 - video card comparison
Radeon R7 265
GeForce GT 720
Architecture
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name
Pitcairn
GK208B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
February 2014
September 2014
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
797 MHz
CUDA cores
-
192
Floating-point performance
1,894 gflops
306.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2,800 million
915 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
192
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C
Texture fill rate
59.20
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
1400 MHz
1.8 GBps or 5.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
14.4 (DDR3) or 40 (GDDR5)
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support
-
3 displays
Eyefinity
1
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
DisplayPort support
-
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12 (11_0)
CUDA
-
+
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.4
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
-
1.1.126
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+
3D Vision
-
+
AppAcceleration
-
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
-
-
PowerTune
-
-
TrueAudio
-
-
ZeroCore
-
-