GeForce 720A vs Radeon HD 6790

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 720A and Radeon HD 6790. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 720A and Radeon HD 6790. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GeForce 720A Radeon HD 6790
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6790 has 354% more power consumption, than GeForce 720A.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce 720A and Radeon HD 6790 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 720A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6790 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6790 is 65 MHz higher, than GeForce 720A.
  • GeForce 720A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6790 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 720A is 950 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6790.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 7−8
ultra / 1080p 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 18−20
medium / 1080p 0−1 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6790 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1800% more, than GeForce 720A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 720A Radeon HD 6790
Architecture Fermi 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GF117 Barts
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 1 July 2014 4 April 2011
Pipelines 96 800
Core clock speed 775 MHz 840 MHz
Boost Clock 938 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 15.01 33.60
Floating-point performance 360.2 gflops 1,344.0 gflops
Length 198 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 122 Mh/s
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