GeForce GT 710 PCIe x1 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1269not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.09no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameRV630GK208B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date28 June 2007 (18 years ago)27 March 2014 (11 years ago)

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 cores120192
Core clock speed600 MHz954 MHz
Number of transistors390 million1,020 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate4.80015.26
Floating-point processing power0.144 TFLOPS0.3663 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs816

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x1
Lengthno data146 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR2DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s12.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX10.0 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1
CUDA-3.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2007 27 March 2014
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 19 Watt

GT 710 PCIe x1 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 84.2% lower power consumption.

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