NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
12.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 182 Watt
Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 896 MB
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 999 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2013 vs 16 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	119 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 775 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 36.9 billion / sec vs 12.4 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 192 vs 96
Around 60% better floating-point performance: 476.9 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1208 vs 438
8.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19512 vs 2422

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.9 billion / sec vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 96
Floating-point performance	476.9 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1208 vs 438
Geekbench - OpenCL	19512 vs 2422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 3329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 3329

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

438

1208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2422

19512

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3342

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	438	1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	119	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	2422	19512
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329	3342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		29.525

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF117	GT200
Launch date	9 January 2013	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1172	1396
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$95.38
Value for money (0-100)		13.70
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	1242 MHz
Floating-point performance	297.6 gflops	476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	192
Texture fill rate	12.4 GTexel / s	36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	999 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI