GeForce GT 710 PCI vs Radeon R5 M230

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	1053	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Jet / Sun	GF119
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2014 (10 years ago)	2 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Current price	no data	$119

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	320	48
Compute units	5	no data
Core clock speed	855 MHz	810 MHz
Boost clock speed	855 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	690 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	29 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.10	6.480
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops	155.5 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 M230 and GeForce GT 710 PCI 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	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCI
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1334 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	10.67 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity	+	no data
HDMI	no data	+

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	no data
Enduro	-	no data
HD3D	+	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
DualGraphics	1	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	Not Listed	1.1
Vulkan	no data	N/A
Mantle	+	no data
CUDA	no data	2.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 January 2014	2 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm

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