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NVIDIA GeForce GT 720

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 is a graphics card released on September 29, 2014. It has 192 shading units, 1 GB of DDR3 memory on a 64-bit bus, 12.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 797 MHz and a 19 W board power rating. It scores 661 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5.

GK208B

8/10 key specs recorded · 27 facts

Depth: 36 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

192cores

Memory

1 GB

DDR3 · 64-bit

Boost clock

n/a

797 MHz base

Board power

19 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 scores 661 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 44.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,674), measured across 1,801 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 226.

PassMark G3D Mark

661

Rank #1,674
Faster than 44.5% of 2,658 GPUs
1,801 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 14 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 27.5% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 11.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 5 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 12.8% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 3 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 5.6% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 463 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 25% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 averages DirectX 9 14 fps, DirectX 10 2 fps, DirectX 11 5 fps, DirectX 12 3 fps and GPU Compute 463 ops/s, across 1,801 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x8

Max memory 2 GB

Core clock 797 MHz

Memory clock 900 MHz

DirectX 12.0

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 19 W

First benchmarked 2014-06-28

Samples 1,801

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 states the PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 797 MHz, DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2014-06-28. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GT 720A, NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename GK208B

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 uses the GK208B graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 192

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 16

Render output units (ROPs) Not recorded

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 has 192 shading units and 16 texture mapping units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720.

Clock speeds

Base clock 797 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 runs at a base clock of 797 MHz.

Memory

Size 1 GB

Type DDR3

Bus width 64-bit

Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 is equipped with 1 GB of DDR3 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 12.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 has a board power rating of 19 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x8.

Board power (TDP) 19 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x8

Market

Launched September 29, 2014

Launch price $49

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GT 700 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 was released on September 29, 2014 and launched at a price of $49.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 661

PassMark G2D 226

Rank #1,674

Samples 1,801

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 has 1 GB of DDR3 memory on a 64-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 has a board power rating of 19 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 scores 661 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 44.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,674. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 3 fps.