AMD Radeon HD 6510 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6510 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 6510

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6510

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 550 MHz
5x more pipelines: 480 vs 96
2.4x better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 105 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 384 MB

Launch date	14 May 2011 vs 31 January 2008
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	480 vs 96
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 384 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 26.4 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1334 MHz
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3128 vs 2551
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3128 vs 2551

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1334 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3128 vs 2551
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3128 vs 2551

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6510
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2551

3128

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2551

3128

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6510	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2551	3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2551	3128
Geekbench - OpenCL	7845
PassMark - G3D Mark		330
PassMark - G2D Mark		121

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6510	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Turks	G92
Launch date	14 May 2011	31 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1246	1249
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops	264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	480	96
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	26.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	754 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 1.0 x16
Length	165 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	384 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3