Quadro K510M vs GeForce 940MX

Place in performance ranking	661	901
Place by popularity	73	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.23	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	N16S-GTR-B/S	GK208
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	10 March 2016 (8 years ago)	23 July 2013 (10 years ago)
Current price	$950	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	192
Core clock speed	1122 MHz	846 MHz
Boost clock speed	1242 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	915 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	23.83	13.54
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops	324.9 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 940MX and Quadro K510M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB/s	19.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	no data	1.2

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	2.0	no data
Optimus	+	+
GameWorks	+	no data
3D Vision Pro	no data	+
Mosaic	no data	+
nView Display Management	no data	+
Optimus	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12
Shader Model	5.1	5
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1	+
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 940MX 3.91
+136%

Quadro K510M 1.66

GeForce 940MX outperforms Quadro K510M by 136% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GeForce 940MX 1514
+136%

Quadro K510M 641

GeForce 940MX outperforms Quadro K510M by 136% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	18 +157%	7−8 −157%
4K	10 +150%	4−5 −150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8
+75%

4−5

−75%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	11 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	14 +180%	5−6 −180%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Far Cry 5	11 +57.1%	7−8 −57.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Forza Horizon 4	18 +200%	6−7 −200%
Hitman 3	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	23 +76.9%	12−14 −76.9%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16 +40%	10−11 −40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8 +700%	1−2 −700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	10 +150%	4−5 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Far Cry 5	26 +271%	7−8 −271%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Forza Horizon 4	14 +133%	6−7 −133%
Hitman 3	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18 +38.5%	12−14 −38.5%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3 −233%	10−11 +233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12 +140%	5−6 −140%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6	0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5 +400%	1−2 −400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Far Cry 5	8 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	12 +100%	6−7 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	11 −18.2%	12−14 +18.2%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7 +40%	5−6 −40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6	0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11
+233%

3−4

−233%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Hitman 3	2−3	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	12−14 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+66.7%

3−4

−66.7%

This is how GeForce 940MX and Quadro K510M compete in popular games:

GeForce 940MX is 157% faster in 1080p
GeForce 940MX is 150% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce 940MX is 1000% faster than the Quadro K510M.
in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Quadro K510M is 233% faster than the GeForce 940MX.

All in all, in popular games: