GeForce GT 710 PCI vs GTS 450

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	693	not rated
Place by popularity	98	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.31	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF106	GF119
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	13 September 2010 (13 years ago)	2 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129	no data
Current price	$127 (1x MSRP)	$119

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	48
CUDA cores	192	no data
Core clock speed	783 MHz	810 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	25.1 billion/sec	6.480
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops	155.5 gflops

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 support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)	168 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
SLI options	+	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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz	1334 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB/s	10.67 GB/s

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	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	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	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	2.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 September 2010	2 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	29 Watt

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