NVIDIA Quadro K510M vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K510M and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA Quadro K510M

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K510M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
16.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 500 Watt

Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 31 August 2012
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 500 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 846 MHz
156.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 13.54 GTexel / s
21.3x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 192
23.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,789 gflops vs 324.9 gflops
6x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 1 GB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 2400 MHz

Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 846 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 13.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 192
Floating-point performance	2x 3,789 gflops vs 324.9 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 2400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K510M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K510M	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	641
PassMark - G2D Mark	441
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2012
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2012
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3071
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.707

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K510M	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK208	New Zealand
Launch date	23 July 2013	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	830	321
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Core clock speed	846 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	324.9 gflops	2x 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	192	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	13.54 GTexel / s	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	1270 Million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		292 mm
Supplementary power connectors		3x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB / s	2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus