NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 450 MHz
6.7x more texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 10.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
23.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6065 vs 254
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 675 vs 317

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 January 2015 vs 21 August 2006
Core clock speed	1127 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec vs 10.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6065 vs 254
PassMark - G2D Mark	675 vs 317

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

3.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 120 Watt
171.4x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 120 Watt
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6065

254

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

675

317

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M
PassMark - G3D Mark	6065	254
PassMark - G2D Mark	675	317
Geekbench - OpenCL	18326
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2283

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 510M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM206	G71
Launch date	22 January 2015	21 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	496	498
Price now	$229.99
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	34.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1127 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec	10.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost