GeForce GT 610 vs GTX 670

Place in the ranking	377	1147
Place by popularity	not in top-100	85
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.38	0.01
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GK104	GF119
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	10 May 2012 (12 years ago)	2 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$39.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 670 has 33700% better value for money than GT 610.

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 cores	1344	48
CUDA cores	1344	48
Core clock speed	915 MHz	810 MHz
Boost clock speed	980 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,540 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	102 °C
Texture fill rate	109.8	6.480
Floating-point processing power	2.634 TFLOPS	0.1555 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	4
TMUs	112	8

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 Express 3.0	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	145 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	2.7" (6.9 cm)
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	-

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	2 GB	1024 MB
Memory bus width	256-bit GDDR5	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	1.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	14.4 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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA
Multi monitor support	4 displays	+
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	Internal

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	+
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D 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	4.2
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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.

GTX 670 13.80
+1604%

GT 610 0.81

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.

GTX 670 5325
+1612%

GT 610 311

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.

GTX 670 7000
+1792%

GT 610 370

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.

GTX 670 15628
+1120%

GT 610 1281

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.

GTX 670 49
+1533%

GT 610 3

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	13.80	0.81
Recency	10 May 2012	2 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1024 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	29 Watt

GTX 670 has a 1603.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 month, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 610, on the other hand, has 486.2% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 670 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 610 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.