AMD Radeon HD 6510 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6510 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6510

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6510

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2.5x more pipelines: 480 vs 192
Around 20% better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1334 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7845 vs 4263

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2011 vs 3 September 2010
Pipelines	480 vs 192
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	7845 vs 4263

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

2.1x more core clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 16.1 billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 1 GB
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2837 vs 1970
Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2837 vs 1970
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 2551
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 2551

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1350 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	16.1 billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2837 vs 1970
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2837 vs 1970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 2551
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 2551

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6510
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1970

2837

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1970

2837

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2551

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2551

3349

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7845

4263

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6510	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1970	2837
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1970	2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2551	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2551	3349
Geekbench - OpenCL	7845	4263
PassMark - G3D Mark		1214
PassMark - G2D Mark		258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		11.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		391.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		32.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1699
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6510	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Turks	GF106
Launch date	14 May 2011	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1222	1223
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1350 MHz
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops	518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	480	192
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	16.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	716 million	1,170 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	165 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 API with Feature Level 12.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI