NVIDIA Quadro K510M vs AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K510M and AMD Radeon HD 8790M 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro K510M

AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K510M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3071 vs 2014
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3071 vs 2014

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 1 April 2013
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3071 vs 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3071 vs 2014

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 13.54 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
2.1x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 324.9 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1306 vs 641
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 441
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2181 vs 1087
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2181 vs 1087
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2656 vs 2012
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2656 vs 2012

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 846 MHz
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 13.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops vs 324.9 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1306 vs 641
PassMark - G2D Mark	751 vs 441
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2181 vs 1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2181 vs 1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2656 vs 2012
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2656 vs 2012

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K510M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8790M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

641

1306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

441

751

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1087

2181

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1087

2181

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2012

2656

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2012

2656

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3071

2014

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3071

2014

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K510M	AMD Radeon HD 8790M
PassMark - G3D Mark	641	1306
PassMark - G2D Mark	441	751
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1087	2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1087	2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2012	2656
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2012	2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3071	2014
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3071	2014
Geekbench - OpenCL		4743
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		80.418
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1607

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K510M	AMD Radeon HD 8790M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GK208	Mars
Launch date	23 July 2013	1 April 2013
Place in performance rating	825	826
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	846 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	324.9 gflops	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	192	384
Texture fill rate	13.54 GTexel / s	21.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	1270 Million	1,040 million
Boost clock speed		850 MHz
Compute units		6
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus