NVS 510 vs Radeon HD 8790M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing NVS 510 and Radeon HD 8790M. 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 8790M. 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 8790M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8790M 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 8790M here:

Main Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon HD 8790M
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • NVS 510 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 8790M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • NVS 510 and Radeon HD 8790M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • NVS 510 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8790M - in Laptops.
  • NVS 510 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 8790M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8790M is 53 MHz higher, than NVS 510.
  • NVS 510 and Radeon HD 8790M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8790M is 2718 MHz higher, than NVS 510.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 14−16
medium / 1080p 0−1 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8790M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than NVS 510.

Full Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon HD 8790M
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name GK107 Mars XTX
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 23 October 2012 16 November 2012
Pipelines 192 384
Core clock speed 797 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 12.75 21.60
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 691.2 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 17 Mh/s 80 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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