GeForce GT 710 vs GTX 470

Place in the ranking	519	958
Place by popularity	not in top-100	72
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.34	0.04
Power efficiency	2.59	5.91
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code name	GF100	GK208
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	26 March 2010 (14 years ago)	27 March 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	$34.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 470 has 3250% better value for money than GT 710.

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	448	192
Core clock speed	607 MHz	954 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	915 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	215 Watt	19 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	95 °C
Texture fill rate	34.05	15.26
Floating-point processing power	1.089 TFLOPS	0.3663 TFLOPS
ROPs	40	8
TMUs	56	16

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	16x PCI-E 2.0	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x8
Length	241 mm	145 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	2.713" (6.9 cm)
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
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 type	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1674 MHz (3348 data rate)	1.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	133.9 GB/s	14.4 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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI	Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA
Multi monitor support	+	3 displays
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	Internal

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)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.2	4.5
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	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 470 8.09
+396%

GT 710 1.63

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 470 3110
+397%

GT 710 626

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 470 2758
+191%

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 470 25757
+254%

GT 710 7270

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 470 10916
+461%

GT 710 1947

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

GTX 470 44
+633%

GT 710 6

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:

900p	55 +450%	10−12 −450%
Full HD	63 +688%	8 −688%
1200p	53 +430%	10−12 −430%
1440p	18−20 +350%	4 −350%
4K	27−30 +350%	6 −350%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	5.54 −26.7%	4.37 +26.7%
1440p	19.39 −122%	8.75 +122%
4K	12.93 −122%	5.83 +122%

GT 710 has 27% lower cost per frame in 1080p
GT 710 has 122% lower cost per frame in 1440p
GT 710 has 122% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Elden Ring	21−24 +1000%	2−3 −1000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +300%	8 −300%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +320%	5 −320%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +214%	7−8 −214%
Valorant	27−30 +460%	5−6 −460%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Dota 2	27−30 +142%	12 −142%
Elden Ring	21−24 +1000%	2−3 −1000%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +133%	15 −133%
Fortnite	45−50 +500%	8−9 −500%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +540%	5 −540%
Grand Theft Auto V	27−30 +211%	9 −211%
Metro Exodus	21−24 +425%	4 −425%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	60−65 +276%	16−18 −276%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +214%	7−8 −214%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +213%	8−9 −213%
Valorant	27−30 +460%	5−6 −460%
World of Tanks	120−130 +270%	30−35 −270%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Dota 2	64 +256%	18 −256%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +192%	12−14 −192%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +540%	5 −540%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	60−65 +276%	16−18 −276%
Valorant	27−30 +460%	5−6 −460%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Elden Ring	10−12	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +300%	10−11 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
World of Tanks	55−60 +480%	10−11 −480%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +400%	3−4 −400%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +240%	5−6 −240%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +220%	5 −220%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +550%	2−3 −550%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Valorant	20−22 +186%	7−8 −186%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	2−3	0−1
Dota 2	18−20 +18.8%	16−18 −18.8%
Elden Ring	5−6	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 +20%	14−16 −20%
Metro Exodus	4−5	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +475%	4−5 −475%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +20%	14−16 −20%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Counter-Strike 2	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Dota 2	18−20 +171%	7 −171%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Fortnite	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +80%	5 −80%
Valorant	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%

This is how GTX 470 and GT 710 compete in popular games:

GTX 470 is 450% faster in 900p
GTX 470 is 688% faster in 1080p
GTX 470 is 430% faster in 1200p
GTX 470 is 350% faster in 1440p
GTX 470 is 350% faster in 4K

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

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 470 is 1200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, GTX 470 surpassed GT 710 in all 50 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.09	1.63
Recency	26 March 2010	27 March 2014
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	215 Watt	19 Watt

GTX 470 has a 396.3% higher aggregate performance score.

GT 710, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1031.6% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 470 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 710 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.