GeForce 710A vs GTX 980 SLI Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce 710A, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile
2015
2x 8 GB GDDR5, 330 Watt
39.39
+3102%

GTX 980 SLI Mobile outperforms 710A by a whopping 3102% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1151049
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.222.57
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameN16E-GXX SLIGF117
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date22 September 2015 (9 years ago)1 April 2013 (11 years ago)

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 cores409696
Core clock speed1126 MHz775 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHzno data
Number of transistors10400 Million585 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)330 Watt33 Watt
Texture fill rateno data12.40
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2976 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
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 speed3500 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 dataNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA+2.1

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 HD130
+3150%
4−5
−3150%
4K69
+3350%
2−3
−3350%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+4000%
2−3
−4000%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+4100%
2−3
−4100%
Elden Ring 130−140
+3350%
4−5
−3350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
+3367%
3−4
−3367%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+4000%
2−3
−4000%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+4100%
2−3
−4100%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+3720%
5−6
−3720%
Metro Exodus 90−95
+4600%
2−3
−4600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+3750%
2−3
−3750%
Valorant 150−160
+3850%
4−5
−3850%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
+3367%
3−4
−3367%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+4000%
2−3
−4000%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+4100%
2−3
−4100%
Dota 2 120−130
+4000%
3−4
−4000%
Elden Ring 130−140
+3350%
4−5
−3350%
Far Cry 5 95−100
+3133%
3−4
−3133%
Fortnite 170−180
+3340%
5−6
−3340%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+3720%
5−6
−3720%
Grand Theft Auto V 120−130
+3967%
3−4
−3967%
Metro Exodus 90−95
+4600%
2−3
−4600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 200−210
+3250%
6−7
−3250%
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+3750%
2−3
−3750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 141
+3425%
4−5
−3425%
Valorant 150−160
+3850%
4−5
−3850%
World of Tanks 270−280
+3388%
8−9
−3388%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
+3367%
3−4
−3367%
Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+4000%
2−3
−4000%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+4100%
2−3
−4100%
Dota 2 120−130
+4000%
3−4
−4000%
Far Cry 5 95−100
+3133%
3−4
−3133%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+3720%
5−6
−3720%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 200−210
+3250%
6−7
−3250%
Valorant 150−160
+3850%
4−5
−3850%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 70−75
+3550%
2−3
−3550%
Elden Ring 80−85
+3900%
2−3
−3900%
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75
+3550%
2−3
−3550%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+3400%
5−6
−3400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+3800%
1−2
−3800%
World of Tanks 240−250
+3457%
7−8
−3457%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+3550%
2−3
−3550%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+3900%
1−2
−3900%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+3900%
1−2
−3900%
Far Cry 5 120−130
+4133%
3−4
−4133%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+3700%
3−4
−3700%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+4150%
2−3
−4150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+3300%
2−3
−3300%
Valorant 120−130
+4033%
3−4
−4033%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
Dota 2 75−80
+3750%
2−3
−3750%
Elden Ring 35−40
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
Grand Theft Auto V 75−80
+3800%
2−3
−3800%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+3200%
1−2
−3200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+4167%
3−4
−4167%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+3750%
2−3
−3750%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+4500%
1−2
−4500%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18 0−1
Dota 2 75−80
+3750%
2−3
−3750%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+5700%
1−2
−5700%
Fortnite 55−60
+5500%
1−2
−5500%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+3150%
2−3
−3150%
Valorant 65−70
+3150%
2−3
−3150%

This is how GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce 710A compete in popular games:

  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 3150% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 3350% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.39 1.23
Recency 22 September 2015 1 April 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 330 Watt 33 Watt

GTX 980 SLI Mobile has a 3102.4% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.

GeForce 710A, on the other hand, has 900% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 710A in performance tests.


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