NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 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 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 15.26 GTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec
  • 4x more pipelines: 192 vs 48
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 366.3 gflops vs 155.52 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 29 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB (DDR3)
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 623 vs 319
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 136
  • Around 52% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1946 vs 1277
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.705 vs 2.597
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 100.391 vs 76.214
  • Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.441 vs 0.239
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 8.146 vs 5.862
  • 4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 20.64 vs 4.574
  • Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 977 vs 545
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1494 vs 903
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1833 vs 1455
  • Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 977 vs 545
  • Around 65% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1494 vs 903
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1833 vs 1455
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 March 2014 vs 13 April 2011
Texture fill rate 15.26 GTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec
Pipelines 192 vs 48
Floating-point performance 366.3 gflops vs 155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 29 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB (DDR3)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 623 vs 319
PassMark - G2D Mark 212 vs 136
Geekbench - OpenCL 1946 vs 1277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.705 vs 2.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 100.391 vs 76.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.441 vs 0.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.146 vs 5.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 20.64 vs 4.574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 977 vs 545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1494 vs 903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1833 vs 1455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 977 vs 545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1494 vs 903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1833 vs 1455

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

  • Around 70% higher core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 954 MHz
  • 900x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 1.8 GB/s
Core clock speed 1620 MHz vs 954 MHz
Memory clock speed 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 1.8 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
623
319
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
212
136
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1946
1277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.705
2.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
100.391
76.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.441
0.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.146
5.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.64
4.574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
977
545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1494
903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1833
1455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
977
545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1494
903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1833
1455
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
PassMark - G3D Mark 623 319
PassMark - G2D Mark 212 136
Geekbench - OpenCL 1946 1277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.705 2.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 100.391 76.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.441 0.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.146 5.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 20.64 4.574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 977 545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1494 903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1833 1455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 977 545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1494 903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1833 1455
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 192

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name GK208B GF119
Launch date 27 March 2014 13 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $34.99 $59
Place in performance rating 1488 1603
Price now $34.99 $59.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 23.15 7.58

Technical info

Core clock speed 954 MHz 1620 MHz
CUDA cores 192 48
Floating-point performance 366.3 gflops 155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 95 °C 102 °C
Pipelines 192 48
Texture fill rate 15.26 GTexel / s 6.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 29 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 292 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal Internal
Display Connectors Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 2.713" (6.9 cm) 2.7" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1.8 GB/s 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory type DDR3 DDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
PhysX
PureVideo