NVS 510 vs Radeon R9 M270X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing NVS 510 and Radeon R9 M270X. 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 R9 M270X. 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 R9 M270X

Main Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon R9 M270X
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • NVS 510 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M270X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M270X has 2 GB more memory, than NVS 510.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • NVS 510 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R9 M270X - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of NVS 510 is 72 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M270X.
  • NVS 510 and Radeon R9 M270X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of NVS 510 is 657 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M270X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 6−7
ultra / 1080p 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 16−18
medium / 1080p 0−1 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M270X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than NVS 510.

Full Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon R9 M270X
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK107 Venus
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 23 October 2012 21 March 2014
Pipelines 192 640
Core clock speed 797 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 775 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 12.75 31.00
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s 72 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 17 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 10
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