NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 vs ATI Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 and ATI Radeon HD 3870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 777 MHz
  • Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 15.26 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 5.6x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 106 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 623 vs 552
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 57
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 March 2014 vs 19 November 2007
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 777 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.26 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 106 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 623 vs 552
PassMark - G2D Mark 212 vs 57

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870

  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 320 vs 192
  • Around 36% better floating-point performance: 497.3 gflops vs 366.3 gflops
  • 2252x more memory clock speed: 2252 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3131 vs 1833
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3131 vs 1833
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 320 vs 192
Floating-point performance 497.3 gflops vs 366.3 gflops
Memory clock speed 2252 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3131 vs 1833
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3131 vs 1833

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
623
552
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
212
57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1833
3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1833
3131
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 ATI Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G3D Mark 623 552
PassMark - G2D Mark 212 57
Geekbench - OpenCL 1946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 100.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 20.64
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1833 3131
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1833 3131
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 192

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 ATI Radeon HD 3870

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GK208B RV670
Launch date 27 March 2014 19 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $34.99 $269
Place in performance rating 1488 1398
Price now $34.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 23.15

Technical info

Core clock speed 954 MHz 777 MHz
CUDA cores 192
Floating-point performance 366.3 gflops 497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 95 °C
Pipelines 192 320
Texture fill rate 15.26 GTexel / s 12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 106 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 666 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Height 2.713" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1.8 GB/s 2252 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR4

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
PhysX
PureVideo