NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 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 GTX 950M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • 2.9x more texture fill rate: 44.96 GTexel / s vs 15.26 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 192
  • 3.9x better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 366.3 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2500x more memory clock speed: 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
  • 4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2577 vs 623
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 217 vs 212
  • 5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9744 vs 1946
  • 6.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.396 vs 6.705
  • 3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 373.644 vs 100.391
  • 5.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.54 vs 0.441
  • 4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 39.412 vs 8.146
  • 6.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 139.158 vs 20.64
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 977
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 1494
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1833
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 977
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 1494
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 1833
  • 17.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3350 vs 192
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 27 March 2014
Texture fill rate 44.96 GTexel / s vs 15.26 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 192
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops vs 366.3 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2577 vs 623
PassMark - G2D Mark 217 vs 212
Geekbench - OpenCL 9744 vs 1946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.396 vs 6.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 373.644 vs 100.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.54 vs 0.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 39.412 vs 8.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.158 vs 20.64
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4148 vs 977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 1833
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4148 vs 977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 1833
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3350 vs 192

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 914 MHz
  • 3.9x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 75 Watt
Core clock speed 954 MHz vs 914 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2577
623
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
217
212
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9744
1946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42.396
6.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
373.644
100.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.54
0.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
39.412
8.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
139.158
20.64
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4148
977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
1494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
1833
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4148
977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
1494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
1833
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
192
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
PassMark - G3D Mark 2577 623
PassMark - G2D Mark 217 212
Geekbench - OpenCL 9744 1946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 42.396 6.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 373.644 100.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.54 0.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 39.412 8.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.158 20.64
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4148 977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 1833
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4148 977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 1494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 1833
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3350 192

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Kepler 2.0
Code name GM107 GK208B
Launch date 13 March 2015 27 March 2014
Place in performance rating 797 1488
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $34.99
Price now $34.99
Value for money (0-100) 23.15

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1124 MHz
Core clock speed 914 MHz 954 MHz
CUDA cores 640 192
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops 366.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 192
Texture fill rate 44.96 GTexel / s 15.26 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 19 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 292 million
Maximum GPU temperature 95 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized
Height 2.713" (6.9 cm)
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 32 or 80 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz 1.8 GB/s
Memory type DDR3 or GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
3D Vision
FXAA
PhysX
PureVideo