NVS 510 vs Radeon HD 6970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing NVS 510 and Radeon HD 6970. 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 6970. 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 6970
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 550 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3 DDR5
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 6970 has 1471% 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 6970 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • NVS 510 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6970 - with Terascale 2.
  • NVS 510 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6970 is 107 mm longer, than NVS 510.
  • Memory clock speed of NVS 510 is 407 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
ultra / 1080p 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 1−2 30−35
medium / 1080p 0−1 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3100% more, than NVS 510.

Full Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon HD 6970
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK107 Cayman
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 October 2012 14 December 2010
Pipelines 192 1536
Core clock speed 797 MHz
Boost Clock 880 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 12.75 84.48
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 2,703.4 gflops
Length 160 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1375 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 273 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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