GeForce GT 710 PCIe x1 vs FirePro M6100
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 638 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015) |
| GPU code name | Emerald | GK208B |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 27 May 2014 (11 years ago) | 27 March 2014 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 896 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 1100 MHz | 954 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,080 million | 1,020 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 19 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 61.60 | 15.26 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.971 TFLOPS | 0.3663 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 56 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 224 KB | 16 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x1 |
| Length | no data | 146 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 12.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 (6.0) | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.170 | 1.1 |
| CUDA | - | 3.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 May 2014 | 27 March 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
FirePro M6100 has an age advantage of 2 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between FirePro M6100 and GeForce GT 710 PCIe x1. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro M6100 is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 710 PCIe x1 is a desktop one.
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