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NVIDIA GeForce 710M vs NVIDIA GeForce 705M

NVIDIA GeForce 710M

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The NVIDIA GeForce 710M is an entry-level, DirectX 11 compatible graphics card that has been announced in spring 2013. Its core is based on the 28nm GF117 chip (Fermi architecture) with 64-bit DDR3 memory. Compared to the older GT 620M, the 710M is clocked condiderably higher.

Architecture

The GF117 is based on the optimized GF108 Fermi chip (GeForce GT 540M) and offers 96 shaders, 16 TMUs and 4 ROPs. Each shader core is clocked twice as fast as the rest of the graphics chip, a technique known as hot clocking. More detailed information on Fermi can be found on the GT 435M GPU page.

It should be noted that the GF117 does not offer dedicated graphic ports and can therefore only be used in conjunction with Optimus.

The 710M supports GPU Boost 2.0, which can automatically overclock the card if the laptop cooling system allows it. This feature is available on any notebook with a graphics card of the 700M series.

Performance

Depending on the clock rates, the 3D performance of the GeForce 710M is just slightly below the GT 720M, but a bit faster than the GT 620M. In comparison to the competition, the 710M offers a performance similar to the HD Graphics 4400/4600 and Radeon HD 7660G. This places the card in the entry level segment. Current games (as of 2013) will run fluently only in low settings.

Features

The shader cores (also called CUDA cores) can be used for general calculations with APIs such as CUDA, DirectCompute 2.1 and OpenCL. PhysX is theoretically possible, but the 710M is too slow to handle both PhysX and 3D rendering in modern games. 3D Vision is not supported according to Nvidia.

Power consumption

The power consumption of the Geforce 710M should be similar or slightly above the GT 620M. As a result, the GPU is best suited for notebooks 14 inches in size or greater.

NVIDIA GeForce 705M

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The NVIDIA GeForce 705M or GeForce GT 705M is an entry level dedicated laptop graphics card and based on the same GF119 chip like the Geforce GT 520MGeForce GT 520MX and GeForce GT 610M. The clock speed of the chip is currently rumored to be 775 MHz but as with the 610M, they may vary from laptop to laptop.

Architecture

The GF119 offers 48 ALUs, 8 texture units and a 64 Bit memory interface for DDR3-VRAM. Therefore, it is similar to a half GF108 (GeForce GT 540M) but is manufactured with optimized transistors. As a difference the amount of raster-operation-processors (ROP) stayed the same at 4. The GF119 is the smallest chip of the Fermi generation and is used for low-end laptops.

Performance

As an entry level card, the (GT) 705M has to compete against the HD Graphics 4000. The performance depends on the chip clock speeds and therefore ranges between the GeForce GT 520M and GT 520MX (see links for gaming benchmarks). Therefore demanding games like Crysis 2 or Mafia 2 run fluently only in the lowest detail and resolutions. Less demanding games like Fifa 12 or Sims 3 should be playable even in high detail settings.

Features

Like 500M series chips, the 705M supports Bitstream HD Audio (Blu-Ray) output via HDMI. That means the card is able to transfer Dolby True HD and DTS-HD bitstream-wise to a HiFi receiver without quality loss.

The 705M offers the PureVideo HD technology for video decoding. The included Video Processor 5 (VP5) supports feature set D and therefore the GPU is able to fully decode MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 ASP - e.g., DivX or Xvid), VC-1/WMV9, and H.264 (VLD, IDCT, Motion Compensation, and Deblocking). Compared to the older VP4, the VP5 offers faster decodes at lower power, HD-to-SD transcodes and 4K x 4K resolution H.264 decode support.

Furthermore, the GPU is able to decode two 1080p streams simultaneously (e.g. for Blu-Ray Picture-in-Picture).

Through CUDA, OpenCL, and DirectCompute 2.1 support, the GeForce GT 705M can be of help in general calculations. For example, the stream processor can encode videos considerably faster than a fast CPU can. Furthermore, physics calculations can be theoretically done by the GPU using PhysX (e.g. supported by Mafia 2 or Metro 2033) but the performance will not be sufficient for this.

The power consumption should be similar to the GeForce 610M and therefore suited for small laptops.

NVIDIA GeForce 710MNVIDIA GeForce 705M
GeForce 700M Series
GeForce 710M 96 @ 0.78 - 0.8 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce 705M 48 @ 0.78 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce 710M 96 @ 0.78 - 0.8 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
GeForce 705M 48 @ 0.78 GHz64 Bit @ 1800 MHz
CodenameN14M-GL
ArchitectureFermiFermi
Pipelines96 - unified48 - unified
Core Speed775 - 800 (Boost) MHz775 MHz
Shader Speed1550 - 1600 MHz1550 MHz
Memory Speed1800 MHz1800 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3DDR3
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.0
technology28 nm40 nm
FeaturesPhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, Play, Optimus, GPU Boost 2.0
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement01.04.2013 01.06.2013
Transistors585 Million

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - GeForce 710M
0.4 pt (1%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 4242     avg: 4390     median: 4389.5 (5%)     max: 4537 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 5227     avg: 5323     median: 5323 (1%)     max: 5419 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 725     avg: 726     median: 726 (1%)     max: 727 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 767     avg: 769     median: 768.5 (1%)     max: 770 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 59405     avg: 62449     median: 62449 (7%)     max: 65493 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 1218     avg: 1226     median: 1226 (2%)     max: 1234 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1092     avg: 1107     median: 1106.5 (1%)     max: 1121 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce 710M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 4572     avg: 4641     median: 4641 (1%)     max: 4710 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce 710M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 3840     avg: 3969     median: 3968.5 (2%)     max: 4097 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
13110 Points (14%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
19786 Points (10%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
14205 Points (16%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce 710M
3DMark 06
min: 7405     avg: 7993     median: 7993 (10%)     max: 8581 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce 710M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 5845     avg: 6193     median: 6193 (4%)     max: 6541 Points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce 710M
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 24.86     avg: 26.6     median: 26.6 (9%)     max: 28.33 fps

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce 710M → 0% n=

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
40.1  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
26.5  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
16.5  fps
F1 2013

F1 2013

2013
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
89  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
61  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
51  fps
low 1280x720
100%
GeForce 710M:
38.9  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
30.6  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
11.8  fps
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
18.7  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
14.7  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
8.1  fps
GRID 2

GRID 2

2013
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
81 101.3 ~ 91 fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
51.2 55 ~ 53 fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
21 33.9 ~ 27 fps
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
26  fps
low 1280x720
100%
GeForce 710M:
51.6 54 ~ 53 fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
28.2 32 ~ 30 fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
25  fps
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
197.3  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
58.2  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
28.8  fps
SimCity

SimCity

2013
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
58.8  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
14.8  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
12.5  fps
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
67 68.2 ~ 68 fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
33.3 34 ~ 34 fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
18.9 20 ~ 19 fps
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
95.8  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
43.9  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
33.8  fps
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
37.9  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
22.9  fps
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
38  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
25  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
21  fps
Fifa 13

Fifa 13

2012
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
195  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
142  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
127  fps
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
53.6  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
39.6  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
16.1  fps
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
84.8  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
60.7  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
52.9  fps
low 1280x720
100%
GeForce 710M:
44  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
31  fps
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
88.8  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
36.3  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
22.2  fps
low 1280x720
100%
GeForce 710M:
40.2  fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce 710M:
28.5  fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce 710M → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

NVIDIA GeForce 710Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Battlefield 440.126.516.5
F1 2013896151
Saints Row IV38.930.611.8
Company of Heroes 218.714.78.1
GRID 2915327
Metro: Last Light26
BioShock Infinite533025
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm197.358.228.8
SimCity58.814.812.5
Tomb Raider683419
Dead Space 395.843.933.8
Hitman: Absolution37.922.9
Medal of Honor: Warfighter382521
Fifa 13195142127
Sleeping Dogs53.639.616.1
Diablo III84.860.752.9
Mass Effect 34431
Anno 207088.836.2522.17
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim40.228.5
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