GeForce GT 710 vs GeForce GTX 960

GeForce GT 710
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Mar 2014
GeForce GT 710
GeForce GTX 960
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Jan 2015
GeForce GTX 960

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 710
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    935%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 710

101 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 960 .
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 835% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 960

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 960

The GeForce GTX 960 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 710GeForce GTX 960
GPU NameGK208 ()vsGM206 (GM206-300-A1)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size87 mm²vs228 mm²
Transistorsunknownvs2,940 million
Shaders192vs1024
Compute Units1vs8
Core clock954 MHzvs1127 MHz
ROPs8vs32
TMUs16vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 710GeForce GTX 960
Memory TypeDDR3vsGDDR5
Bus Width64 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 710GeForce GTX 960
TDP19 wattsvs120 watts
Release Date27 Mar 2014vs22 Jan 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 710
    3.82 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    36.10 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 710
    15.26 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    72.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 710
    14.40 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 960
    112.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 710
    366.30 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 960
    2308.10 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 710
    1110
  • GeForce GTX 960
    10380

Points (higher is better)