ATI Radeon HD 2950 PRO vs GeForce GT 710

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking956not rated
Place by popularity71not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency5.88no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGK208RV670
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 March 2014 (10 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$34.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores192320
Core clock speed954 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors915 million666 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature95 °Cno data
Texture fill rate15.269.600
Floating-point processing power0.3663 TFLOPS0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1616

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Length145 mm208 mm
Height2.713" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1.8 GB/s600 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s38.4 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support3 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Vision+-
PureVideo+-
PhysX+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.53.3 (full) 4.0 (partial)
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 75 Watt

GT 710 has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 294.7% lower power consumption.

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