AMD Radeon HD 8510G vs NVIDIA GeForce3

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8510G and NVIDIA GeForce3 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 8510G

NVIDIA GeForce3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8510G

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 150 nm
73.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 366 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 27 February 2001
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	366 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce3

Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 104

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 104

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8510G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

104

120

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

366

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8510G	NVIDIA GeForce3
Geekbench - OpenCL	1406
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1766
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3206
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3206
PassMark - G2D Mark	104	120
PassMark - G3D Mark	366	5

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8510G	NVIDIA GeForce3
Essentials
Code name	Trinity	NV20 A5
Launch date	23 May 2013	27 February 2001
Place in performance rating	1285	1282
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		Kelvin
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	554 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate		1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count		57 million
API support
DirectX	11	8.0
OpenGL		1.3
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		3.68 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		230 MHz
Memory type		SDR
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 4x
Length		165 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None