AMD Radeon HD 6510 vs ATI Radeon HD 4860

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6510 and ATI Radeon HD 4860 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon HD 6510

ATI Radeon HD 4860

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6510

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 130 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	14 May 2011 vs 9 September 2009
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4860

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 640 vs 480
Around 44% better floating-point performance: 896.0 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
2.2x more memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 1334 MHz
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 2551
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 2551

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 480
Floating-point performance	896.0 gflops vs 624.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 1334 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 2551
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 2551

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6510
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4860

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2551

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2551

3355

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6510	ATI Radeon HD 4860
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2551	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2551	3355
Geekbench - OpenCL	7845

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6510	ATI Radeon HD 4860
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Turks	RV790
Launch date	14 May 2011	9 September 2009
Place in performance rating	1239	1240
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops	896.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	480	640
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	959 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	96.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz	3000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5