NVS 510 vs Radeon R7 260

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between NVS 510 and Radeon R7 260, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the NVS 510 stacks up against Radeon R7 260, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon R7 260
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 115 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R7 260 has 228% more power consumption, than NVS 510.
  • NVS 510 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 260 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • NVS 510 and Radeon R7 260 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • NVS 510 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R7 260 - with GCN 2.0.
  • NVS 510 and Radeon R7 260 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R7 260 is 10 mm longer, than NVS 510.
  • Memory clock speed of NVS 510 is 157 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 260.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
ultra / 1080p 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 1−2 30−35
medium / 1080p 0−1 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 260 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3100% more, than NVS 510.

Full Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon R7 260
Architecture Kepler GCN 2.0
Code name GK107 Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 October 2012 17 December 2013
Pipelines 192 768
Core clock speed 797 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 12.75 48.00
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 160 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s 104 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 17 Mh/s 240 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
DDMA audio +
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