NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 650 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 135 Watt

Launch date	2 April 2012 vs 11 December 2007
Core clock speed	810 MHz vs 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 135 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

6.4x more texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 128 vs 48
2.7x better floating-point performance: 416.0 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 1640 MHz vs 1334 MHz

Texture fill rate	41.6 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 48
Floating-point performance	416.0 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
Memory clock speed	1640 MHz vs 1334 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
PassMark - G3D Mark		550
PassMark - G2D Mark		66
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3342

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF119	G92
Launch date	2 April 2012	11 December 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1346
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	155.5 gflops	416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	128
Texture fill rate	6.48 GTexel / s	41.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt	135 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB / s	52.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz	1640 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3