AMD Radeon HD 8510G vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8510G and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD 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 Quadro NVS 280 SD

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8510G

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 150 nm
186.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 373 vs 2

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 May 2013 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	373 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 119 vs 107

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	119 vs 107

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8510G
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

107

119

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

373

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8510G	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
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	107	119
PassMark - G3D Mark	373	2

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8510G	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
Essentials
Code name	Trinity	NV18 C1
Launch date	23 May 2013	31 May 2005
Place in performance rating	1289	1286
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Architecture		Celsius
Technical info
Boost clock speed	554 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate		1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		10 Watt
Transistor count		29 million
API support
DirectX	11	8.0
OpenGL		1.3
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 8x
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None