NVS 3100M vs Radeon HD 6510G2

Place in performance ranking	986	1187
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name	no data	N10M-NS
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	14 June 2011 (12 years ago)	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Current price	no data	$269

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	400	16
Core clock speed	no data	600 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	260 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	14 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	4.848
Floating-point performance	no data	46.98 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6510G2 and NVS 3100M 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	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16

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	no data	GDDR3, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	no data	512 MB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	12.64 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

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No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	no data	4.1
OpenGL	no data	3.3
OpenCL	no data	1.1
Vulkan	no data	N/A
CUDA	no data	1.2

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Hitman 3	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +18.2%	10−12 −18.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Hitman 3	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +18.2%	10−12 −18.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +18.2%	10−12 −18.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 6510G2 is 150% faster than the NVS 3100M.

All in all, in popular games:

HD 6510G2 is ahead in 26 tests (81%)
there's a draw in 6 tests (19%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.32	0.53
Recency	14 June 2011	7 January 2010

The Radeon HD 6510G2 is our recommended choice as it beats the NVS 3100M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6510G2 is a notebook graphics card while NVS 3100M is a mobile workstation one.

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