GeForce GT 710 vs Radeon R9 290X

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 290X and GeForce GT 710, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 290X
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
16.62
+1087%

R9 290X outperforms GT 710 by a whopping 1087% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking306972
Place by popularitynot in top-10063
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.260.04
Power efficiency4.545.83
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameHawaiiGK208
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date24 October 2013 (11 years ago)27 March 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549 $34.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

R9 290X has 10550% better value for money than GT 710.

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 cores2816192
Core clock speedno data954 MHz
Boost clock speed947 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,200 million915 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data95 °C
Texture fill rate176.015.26
Floating-point processing power5.632 TFLOPS0.3663 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs17616

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 supportPCIe 3.0PCI Express 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x8
Length275 mm145 mm
Heightno data2.713" (6.9 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s14.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortDual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor supportno data3 displays
Eyefinity+-
HDMI++
HDCP-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
DisplayPort support+-
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
DDMA audio+no data
3D Vision-+
PureVideo-+
PhysX-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
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.

R9 290X 16.62
+1087%
GT 710 1.40

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.

R9 290X 7425
+1090%
GT 710 624

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.

R9 290X 11717
+1137%
GT 710 947

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R9 290X 73987
+918%
GT 710 7270

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

R9 290X 332042
+371%
GT 710 70459

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD86
+975%
8
−975%
1440p35−40
+1067%
3
−1067%
4K50
+614%
7
−614%

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.38
−46%
4.37
+46%
1440p15.69
−34.5%
11.66
+34.5%
4K10.98
−120%
5.00
+120%
  • GT 710 has 46% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • GT 710 has 34% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • GT 710 has 120% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+1188%
8−9
−1188%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+1167%
3−4
−1167%
Hogwarts Legacy 35−40
+600%
5−6
−600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
+2433%
3−4
−2433%
Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+1188%
8−9
−1188%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+1167%
3−4
−1167%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+1100%
5
−1100%
Fortnite 95−100
+1840%
5−6
−1840%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+825%
8−9
−825%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 35−40
+600%
5−6
−600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
+580%
10−11
−580%
Valorant 130−140
+283%
35−40
−283%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
+2433%
3−4
−2433%
Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+1188%
8−9
−1188%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 280
+748%
30−35
−748%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+1167%
3−4
−1167%
Dota 2 100−110
+425%
20
−425%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+1400%
4
−1400%
Fortnite 95−100
+1840%
5−6
−1840%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+825%
8−9
−825%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 67
+644%
9
−644%
Hogwarts Legacy 35−40
+600%
5−6
−600%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+1200%
3
−1200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
+580%
10−11
−580%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75
+1400%
5
−1400%
Valorant 130−140
+283%
35−40
−283%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
+2433%
3−4
−2433%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+1167%
3−4
−1167%
Dota 2 136
+656%
18
−656%
Far Cry 5 60−65
+1400%
4
−1400%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+825%
8−9
−825%
Hogwarts Legacy 35−40
+600%
5−6
−600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 44
+340%
10−11
−340%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 29
+867%
3
−867%
Valorant 130−140
+283%
35−40
−283%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 95−100
+1840%
5−6
−1840%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+3600%
1−2
−3600%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
+1210%
10−11
−1210%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+1093%
14−16
−1093%
Valorant 170−180
+2075%
8−9
−2075%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
+1175%
4−5
−1175%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+680%
5−6
−680%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+1025%
4−5
−1025%
Hogwarts Legacy 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+833%
3−4
−833%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 40−45
+1267%
3−4
−1267%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Grand Theft Auto V 52
+247%
14−16
−247%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12 0−1
Metro Exodus 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 28
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Valorant 100−110
+1175%
8−9
−1175%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+1250%
2−3
−1250%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 0−1
Dota 2 84
+1100%
7
−1100%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+1500%
2−3
−1500%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%

This is how R9 290X and GT 710 compete in popular games:

  • R9 290X is 975% faster in 1080p
  • R9 290X is 1067% faster in 1440p
  • R9 290X is 614% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the R9 290X is 3600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, R9 290X surpassed GT 710 in all 49 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.62 1.40
Recency 24 October 2013 27 March 2014
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 19 Watt

R9 290X has a 1087.1% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 710, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and 1215.8% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 290X is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 710 in performance tests.

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