ATI Radeon X1900 XT vs GeForce 710M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1057not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.52no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameGK208R580
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date24 July 2013 (11 years ago)24 January 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

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 cores192no data
Core clock speed719 MHz625 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors915 million384 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate11.5010.00
Floating-point processing power0.2761 TFLOPSno data
ROPs816
TMUs1616

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Standard memory configurationDDR3no data
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz725 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s46.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 2560x1600no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 2560x1600no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.52.1 (full) 3.0 (partial)
OpenCL1.1N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 July 2013 24 January 2006
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt

GeForce 710M has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 710M and Radeon X1900 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 710M is a notebook card while Radeon X1900 XT is a desktop one.


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