NVS 510 vs Radeon HD 4870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between NVS 510 and Radeon HD 4870, 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 HD 4870, check out specs charts below.

• Radeon HD 4870 has 328% more power consumption, than NVS 510.
• Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
• NVS 510 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870.
• Both cards are used in Desktops.
• NVS 510 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 4870 - with TeraScale.
• Core clock speed of NVS 510 is 47 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870.
• NVS 510 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
• Radeon HD 4870 is 90 mm longer, than NVS 510.
• Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 is 1818 MHz higher, than NVS 510.