NVS 510 vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing NVS 510 and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire. 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 6970M Crossfire. 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 6970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire 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 HD 6970M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2x2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • NVS 510 and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • NVS 510 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • NVS 510 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of NVS 510 is 117 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
  • NVS 510 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of NVS 510 is 882 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 21−24
ultra / 1080p 12−14
QHD / 1440p 0−1 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 1−2 40−45
medium / 1080p 0−1 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 4100% more, than NVS 510.

Full Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK107 Blackcomb XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 23 October 2012 6 January 2011
Pipelines 192 1920
Core clock speed 797 MHz 680 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 12.75
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 17 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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