GeForce GT 710 PCI vs GTX 285

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking696not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.27no data
Power efficiency1.33no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGT200BGF119
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 December 2008 (15 years ago)2 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$359 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores24048
Core clock speed648 MHz810 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)204 Watt29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate51.846.480
Floating-point processing power0.7085 TFLOPS0.1555 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs808

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Length267 mm168 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width512 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1242 MHz667 MHz
Memory bandwidth159.0 GB/s10.67 GB/s

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 ConnectorsHDTVTwo Dual Link DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

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

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)128bitno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 December 2008 2 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 29 Watt

GTX 285 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GT 710 PCI, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 603.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 285 and GeForce GT 710 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.


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