FirePro V7900 SDI vs GeForce GT 710

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	948	not rated
Place by popularity	52	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	no data
Power efficiency	6.19	no data
Architecture	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	GK208	Cayman
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	27 March 2014 (10 years ago)	24 May 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$34.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	192	1280
Core clock speed	954 MHz	725 MHz
Number of transistors	915 million	2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	224 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	15.26	58.00
Floating-point processing power	0.3663 TFLOPS	1.856 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	32
TMUs	16	80

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 2.0	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	279 mm
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Form factor	no data	full height / full length
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 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 type	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GB/s	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	160 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 Connectors	Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA	4x SDI
Multi monitor support	3 displays	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
StereoOutput3D	-	+
DisplayPort count	no data	4
Dual-link DVI support	-	+
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Vision	+	-
PureVideo	+	-
PhysX	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 March 2014	24 May 2011
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	224 Watt

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