NVS 510 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing NVS 510 and Radeon HD 7870 XT. 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 7870 XT. 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.
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Main Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 185 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7870 XT has 428% more power consumption, than NVS 510.
  • NVS 510 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7870 XT uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • NVS 510 and Radeon HD 7870 XT have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • NVS 510 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 128 MHz higher, than NVS 510.
  • NVS 510 and Radeon HD 7870 XT are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT is 107 mm longer, than NVS 510.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 4218 MHz higher, than NVS 510.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 1−2 60−65
medium / 1080p 0−1 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 XT in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than NVS 510.

Full Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK107 Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 October 2012 19 November 2012
Pipelines 192 1536
Core clock speed 797 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 975 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 12.75 93.60
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 2,995 gflops
Length 160 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 17 Mh/s 346 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14.5 Mh/s
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