GeForce 820M vs GT 710

Place in performance ranking	908	996
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	0.03
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GK208B	N15V-GM
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	27 March 2014 (10 years ago)	7 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$34.99	no data
Current price	$81 (2.3x MSRP)	$490

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 710 has 33% better value for money than GeForce 820M.

Detailed specifications

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	192	96
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	954 MHz	775 MHz
Number of transistors	915 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	15.26	10.00
Floating-point performance	366.3 gflops	240.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 710 and GeForce 820M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCI Express 2.0	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	no data
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GB/s	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	14.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

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	Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA	No outputs
Multi monitor support	3 displays	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision	+	no data
PureVideo	+	no data
PhysX	+	no data
GPU Boost	no data	2.0
Optimus	no data	+
GameWorks	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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.

GT 710 1.63
+26.4%

GeForce 820M 1.29

GT 710 outperforms 820M by 26% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 710 630
+26.5%

GeForce 820M 498

GT 710 outperforms 820M by 27% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 710 947
+5.6%

GeForce 820M 897

GT 710 outperforms 820M by 6% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 710 7270
+19.7%

GeForce 820M 6074

GT 710 outperforms 820M by 20% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GT 710 1924

GeForce 820M 2741
+42.5%

820M outperforms GT 710 by 42% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GT 710 6

GeForce 820M 7
+16.7%

820M outperforms GT 710 by 17% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	7 −114%	15 +114%
1440p	5 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
4K	7 +40%	5−6 −40%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Hitman 3	5 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8 −25%	10−11 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	15 +150%	6−7 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	3 +50%	2−3 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Metro Exodus	5 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3 −233%	10−11 +233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5 +25%	4−5 −25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	15 +150%	6−7 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

This is how GT 710 and GeForce 820M compete in popular games:

GeForce 820M is 114% faster in 1080p
GT 710 is 67% faster in 1440p
GT 710 is 40% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GT 710 is 150% faster than the GeForce 820M.
in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GeForce 820M is 233% faster than the GT 710.

All in all, in popular games: