Radeon HD 6540G2 vs GeForce GT 710

Place in performance ranking	910	996
Place by popularity	48	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GK208B	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	27 March 2014 (10 years ago)	14 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$34.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	192	480
Core clock speed	954 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	915 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	15.26	no data
Floating-point performance	366.3 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 710 and Radeon HD 6540G2 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.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	no data
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB MB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	no data
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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	no data
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	11
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.1.126	no data
CUDA	3.5	no data

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 HD	8 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
1440p	3 +50%	2−3 −50%
4K	6 +50%	4−5 −50%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Hitman 3	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Hitman 3	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Metro Exodus	3 +50%	2−3 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5 −40%	7−8 +40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5 +0%	5−6 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5 −40%	7−8 +40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

This is how GT 710 and HD 6540G2 compete in popular games:

GT 710 is 33% faster in 1080p
GT 710 is 50% faster in 1440p
GT 710 is 50% faster in 4K

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

in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 710 is 100% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6540G2 is 67% faster.

All in all, in popular games: