GeForce GT 710 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire with GeForce GT 710, including specs and performance data.

HD 7970M Crossfire
2012
200 Watt
16.03
+883%

HD 7970M Crossfire outperforms GT 710 by a whopping 883% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking347966
Place by popularitynot in top-10069
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.04
Power efficiency5.495.88
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameWimbledon XTGK208
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2012 (12 years ago)27 March 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$34.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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 cores2560192
Core clock speed850 MHz954 MHz
Number of transistorsno data915 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
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

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 amountno data2 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed4800 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
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-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-+

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:

900p132
+1000%
12−14
−1000%
Full HD102
+1175%
8
−1175%
1440p27−30
+800%
3
−800%
4K65−70
+829%
7
−829%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.37
1440pno data11.66
4Kno data5.00

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+238%
8−9
−238%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+2067%
3−4
−2067%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+238%
8−9
−238%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+920%
5
−920%
Fortnite 80−85
+1580%
5−6
−1580%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+688%
8−9
−688%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+720%
5
−720%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+450%
10−11
−450%
Valorant 120−130
+239%
35−40
−239%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+2067%
3−4
−2067%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+238%
8−9
−238%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 200−210
+506%
30−35
−506%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Dota 2 90−95
+370%
20
−370%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+1175%
4
−1175%
Fortnite 80−85
+1580%
5−6
−1580%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+688%
8−9
−688%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
Grand Theft Auto V 55−60
+533%
9
−533%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+933%
3
−933%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+450%
10−11
−450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+720%
5
−720%
Valorant 120−130
+239%
35−40
−239%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
+2067%
3−4
−2067%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+238%
8−9
−238%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Dota 2 90−95
+422%
18
−422%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+1175%
4
−1175%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+688%
8−9
−688%
Forza Horizon 5 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+450%
10−11
−450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+1267%
3
−1267%
Valorant 120−130
+239%
35−40
−239%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 80−85
+1580%
5−6
−1580%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 110−120
+1010%
10−11
−1010%
Grand Theft Auto V 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+1390%
10−11
−1390%
Valorant 150−160
+1600%
9−10
−1600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
+950%
4−5
−950%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+1550%
2−3
−1550%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 27−30
+86.7%
14−16
−86.7%
Metro Exodus 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Valorant 80−85
+938%
8−9
−938%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7 0−1
Dota 2 50−55
+657%
7
−657%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+1200%
2−3
−1200%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%

This is how HD 7970M Crossfire and GT 710 compete in popular games:

  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 1000% faster in 900p
  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 1175% faster in 1080p
  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 800% faster in 1440p
  • HD 7970M Crossfire is 829% faster in 4K

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

  • in Forza Horizon 5, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 7970M Crossfire is 4000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, HD 7970M Crossfire surpassed GT 710 in all 55 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.03 1.63
Recency 1 May 2012 27 March 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 19 Watt

HD 7970M Crossfire has a 883.4% higher aggregate performance score.

GT 710, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 952.6% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 710 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a notebook card while GeForce GT 710 is a desktop one.

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