NVS 510 vs Radeon HD 6850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing NVS 510 and Radeon HD 6850. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between NVS 510 and Radeon HD 6850. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon HD 6850
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 127 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6850 has 262% more power consumption, than NVS 510.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • NVS 510 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • NVS 510 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 - with TeraScale 2.
  • NVS 510 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6850 is 38 mm longer, than NVS 510.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 9−10
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 21−24
medium / 1080p 0−1 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2100% more, than NVS 510.

Full Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon HD 6850
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK107 Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 October 2012 21 October 2010
Pipelines 192 960
Core clock speed 797 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 12.75 37.20
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Length 160 mm 198 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bus support AGP
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 17 Mh/s 139 Mh/s
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Design reference
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