AMD Radeon HD 6510 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6510 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS 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: 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 8800M GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6510

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
7.5x more pipelines: 480 vs 64
3.9x better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 160 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 1334 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2551 vs 1989
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2551 vs 1989

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2011 vs 1 November 2007
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	480 vs 64
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops vs 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2551 vs 1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2551 vs 1989

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s vs 15.6 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6510
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2551

1989

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2551

1989

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6510	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2551	1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2551	1989
Geekbench - OpenCL	7845
PassMark - G3D Mark		382
PassMark - G2D Mark		159

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6510	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Turks	G92
Launch date	14 May 2011	1 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1248	1251
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	480	64
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	754 million
CUDA cores		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0