710A vs 9600 GT

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	944	954
Value for money	0.02	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	G94	GF117
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 February 2008 (15 years old)	1 April 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	no data
Current price	$274 (1.5x MSRP)	no data

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	96
CUDA cores	64	no data
Core clock speed	650 MHz	775 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	96 Watt	33 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion/sec	12.40
Floating-point performance	208 gflops	276.1 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	MXM Module
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	14.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9600 GT outperforms 710A by 7% in our combined benchmark results.

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Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	1.26	1.18
Recency	21 February 2008	1 April 2013
Memory bus width	256	64
Memory bandwidth	57.6	14.4
Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	96
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	96 Watt	33 Watt

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