Radeon HD 6510G2 vs GeForce 7900 GS AGP

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated1103
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG71no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 April 2006 (20 years ago)14 June 2011 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data400
Core clock speed450 MHzno data
Number of transistors278 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Texture fill rate9.000no data
ROPs16no data
TMUs20no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfaceAGP 8xno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount256 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed660 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth42.24 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x S-Videono data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2006 14 June 2011
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm

HD 6510G2 has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7900 GS AGP and Radeon HD 6510G2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7900 GS AGP is a desktop graphics card while Radeon HD 6510G2 is a notebook one.

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