GeForce GT 710 vs GTX 1070 SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and GeForce GT 710, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1070 SLI
2016
2x 8 GB GDDR5, 300 Watt
38.02
+2233%

GTX 1070 SLI outperforms GT 710 by a whopping 2233% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking122955
Place by popularitynot in top-10071
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.04
Power efficiency8.695.88
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIGK208
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 August 2016 (8 years ago)27 March 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$34.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores3840192
Core clock speed1506 MHz954 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHzno data
Number of transistors14400 Million915 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data95 °C
Texture fill rateno data15.26
Floating-point processing powerno data0.3663 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data16

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 supportno dataPCI Express 2.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x8
Lengthno data145 mm
Heightno data2.713" (6.9 cm)
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

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 amount2x 8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz1.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 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 dataDual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor supportno data3 displays
HDMI-+
HDCP-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
G-SYNC 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.

3D Vision-+
PureVideo-+
PhysX-+
VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data1.2
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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1070 SLI 38.02
+2233%
GT 710 1.63

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.

GTX 1070 SLI 34226
+3514%
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.

GTX 1070 SLI 140180
+1828%
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.

GTX 1070 SLI 373694
+430%
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 HD119
+1388%
8
−1388%
1440p90−95
+2150%
4
−2150%
4K59
+883%
6
−883%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.37
1440pno data8.75
4Kno data5.83

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1575%
4−5
−1575%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+1250%
6−7
−1250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+3200%
2−3
−3200%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+2360%
5−6
−2360%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+1460%
5−6
−1460%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1575%
4−5
−1575%
Far Cry 5 90
+4400%
2−3
−4400%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
+2275%
4−5
−2275%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+3680%
5−6
−3680%
Hitman 3 80−85
+1267%
6−7
−1267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+906%
16−18
−906%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+2380%
5−6
−2380%
Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+2900%
3−4
−2900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140
+1444%
9−10
−1444%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+274%
30−35
−274%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+1250%
6−7
−1250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+3200%
2−3
−3200%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+2360%
5−6
−2360%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+1460%
5−6
−1460%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1575%
4−5
−1575%
Far Cry 5 64
+3100%
2−3
−3100%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
+2275%
4−5
−2275%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+3680%
5−6
−3680%
Hitman 3 80−85
+1267%
6−7
−1267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+906%
16−18
−906%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+2380%
5−6
−2380%
Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+2900%
3−4
−2900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140
+2680%
5
−2680%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+558%
12−14
−558%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+274%
30−35
−274%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+1250%
6−7
−1250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+3200%
2−3
−3200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+1460%
5−6
−1460%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+1575%
4−5
−1575%
Far Cry 5 48
+2300%
2−3
−2300%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+3680%
5−6
−3680%
Hitman 3 80−85
+1267%
6−7
−1267%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+906%
16−18
−906%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130−140
+2680%
5
−2680%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 73
+2333%
3
−2333%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+274%
30−35
−274%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+2900%
3−4
−2900%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+3600%
2−3
−3600%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+2850%
2−3
−2850%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+4100%
1−2
−4100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+4400%
1−2
−4400%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+2100%
2−3
−2100%
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
+2300%
9−10
−2300%
Hitman 3 45−50
+600%
7−8
−600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+1560%
5−6
−1560%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+2300%
3−4
−2300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95
+1740%
5
−1740%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+5400%
1−2
−5400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 180−190
+2263%
8−9
−2263%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
+1550%
4−5
−1550%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+3100%
1−2
−3100%
Hitman 3 30−35
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+2457%
7−8
−2457%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+2350%
2−3
−2350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 54
+2600%
2−3
−2600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+1200%
2−3
−1200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 0−1
Far Cry 5 20
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+2550%
2−3
−2550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+940%
5
−940%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+1033%
3−4
−1033%

This is how GTX 1070 SLI and GT 710 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1070 SLI is 1388% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1070 SLI is 2150% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1070 SLI is 883% faster in 4K

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1070 SLI is 5400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1070 SLI surpassed GT 710 in all 53 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 38.02 1.63
Recency 16 August 2016 27 March 2014
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 19 Watt

GTX 1070 SLI has a 2232.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

GT 710, on the other hand, has 1478.9% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1070 SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 710 in performance tests.


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