NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 50% higher pipelines: 192 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
7.9x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 623 vs 591
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 54

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 March 2014 vs 4 March 2009
Pipelines	192 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	623 vs 591
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 54

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Around 92% higher core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 954 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 15.26 GTexel / s
Around 6% better floating-point performance: 387.1 gflops vs 366.3 gflops
1100x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3108 vs 1494
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 1833
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3108 vs 1494
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 1833

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 954 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 15.26 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops vs 366.3 gflops
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3108 vs 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 1833
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3108 vs 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 1833

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

623

591

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1494

3108

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1833

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1494

3108

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1833

3351

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark	623	591
PassMark - G2D Mark	212	54
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	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1833	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1494	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1833	3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	192

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GK208B	G92B
Launch date	27 March 2014	4 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$34.99	$199
Place in performance rating	1488	1021
Price now	$34.99	$114.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	23.15	9.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	954 MHz	1836 MHz
CUDA cores	192	128
Floating-point performance	366.3 gflops	387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C	105 °C
Pipelines	192	128
Texture fill rate	15.26 GTexel / s	47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GB/s	1100 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
PhysX
PureVideo
SLI