GeForce 720A vs Radeon HD 7950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 720A and Radeon HD 7950. 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 7950. 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 7950
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7950 has 506% more power consumption, than GeForce 720A.
  • GeForce 720A is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7950 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7950 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce 720A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 720A is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce 720A and Radeon HD 7950 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 720A is 750 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 1−2 60−65
medium / 1080p 0−1 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than GeForce 720A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 720A Radeon HD 7950
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GF117 Tahiti
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 1 July 2014 31 January 2012
Pipelines 96 1792
Core clock speed 775 MHz
Boost Clock 938 MHz 1250 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 15.01 89.60
Floating-point performance 360.2 gflops 2,867 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s 240 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 381 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
ZeroCore +
Design reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
CrossFire +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
Compute units 28
AppAcceleration +
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