NVS 510 vs Radeon HD 6950

In this comparison between NVS 510 and Radeon HD 6950 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people NVS 510 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 6950 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon HD 6950
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 500 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6950 has 1328% more power consumption, than NVS 510.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • NVS 510 and Radeon HD 6950 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • NVS 510 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6950 - with TeraScale 3.
  • NVS 510 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6950 is 107 mm longer, than NVS 510.
  • Memory clock speed of NVS 510 is 532 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
ultra / 1080p 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 1−2 27−30
medium / 1080p 0−1 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2700% more, than NVS 510.

Full Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon HD 6950
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 3
Code name GK107 Cayman
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 October 2012 14 December 2010
Pipelines 192 1408
Core clock speed 797 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 12.75 70.40
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Length 160 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 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 PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 17 Mh/s 244 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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