NVS 510 vs Radeon R9 M385

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between NVS 510 and Radeon R9 M385, 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 R9 M385, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M385 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M385 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R9 M385 here:

Main Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon R9 M385
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 M385 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M385 has 2 GB more memory, than NVS 510.
  • NVS 510 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M385 - in Laptops.
  • NVS 510 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R9 M385 - with GCN.
  • NVS 510 and Radeon R9 M385 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of NVS 510 is 282 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M385.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 10−12
ultra / 1080p 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 1−2 24−27
medium / 1080p 0−1 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M385 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2400% more, than NVS 510.

Full Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon R9 M385
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name GK107 Strato
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 23 October 2012 16 June 2015
Pipelines 192 896
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 56.00
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 1,792 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 17 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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