GeForce G205M vs 710A

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 710A and GeForce G205M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GeForce 710A
2013
2 GB DDR3, 33 Watt
1.10
+424%

710A outperforms G205M by a whopping 424% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking10901423
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.681.21
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF117C79
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 April 2013 (12 years ago)8 January 2009 (16 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 cores9616
Core clock speed775 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors585 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt14 Watt
Texture fill rate12.403.600
Floating-point processing power0.2976 TFLOPS0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs168
L1 Cache128 KBno data
L2 Cache128 KBno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16

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 typeDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GeForce 710A 1.10
+424%
GeForce G205M 0.21

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 710A Samples: 30 485
+433%
GeForce G205M Samples: 11 91

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.10 0.21
Recency 1 April 2013 8 January 2009
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 14 Watt

GeForce 710A has a 423.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce G205M, on the other hand, has 135.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 710A is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce G205M in performance tests.

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