NVS 510 vs Radeon R9 M280X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between NVS 510 and Radeon R9 M280X, 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 M280X, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M280X is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M280X 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 M280X here:

Main Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon R9 M280X
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 Not Listed
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • NVS 510 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M280X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • NVS 510 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M280X - in Laptops.
  • NVS 510 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R9 M280X - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M280X is 103 MHz higher, than NVS 510.
  • NVS 510 and Radeon R9 M280X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 2−3
ultra / 1080p 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 14−16
medium / 1080p 0−1 4−5
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M280X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than NVS 510.

Full Specs

  NVS 510 Radeon R9 M280X
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name GK107 Saturn XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 23 October 2012 1 February 2015
Pipelines 192 896
Core clock speed 797 MHz 900 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 12.75 61.60
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops 1,792 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s 96 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 Not Listed
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 17 Mh/s
Laptop size large
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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