NVS 510 vs Radeon HD 6550M

Place in the ranking	1076	990
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.04
Power efficiency	3.69	3.58
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Lexington	GK107
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	26 November 2010 (15 years ago)	23 October 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

no data

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	400	192
Core clock speed	600 MHz	797 MHz
Number of transistors	2,154 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.00	12.75
Floating-point processing power	0.48 TFLOPS	0.306 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	20	16
L1 Cache	80 KB	16 KB
L2 Cache	256 KB	256 KB

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 size	medium sized	no data
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	160 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	891 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	28.51 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors

No outputs

4x mini-DisplayPort

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	-	3.0

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:

900p	14 −28.6%	18−20 +28.6%
Full HD	19 −26.3%	24−27 +26.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

18.71

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Fortnite	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Hogwarts Legacy	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Valorant	30−35 −21.2%	40−45 +21.2%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	27−30 −20.7%	35−40 +20.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 −23.5%	21−24 +23.5%
Escape from Tarkov	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Fortnite	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	0−1
Hogwarts Legacy	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Valorant	30−35 −21.2%	40−45 +21.2%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 −23.5%	21−24 +23.5%
Escape from Tarkov	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Hogwarts Legacy	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Valorant	30−35 −21.2%	40−45 +21.2%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

3−4

+0%

3−4
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −23.1%	16−18 +23.1%
Valorant	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Escape from Tarkov	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

+0%

2−3
+0%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −28.6%	18−20 +28.6%
Valorant	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

+0%

2−3
+0%

This is how HD 6550M and NVS 510 compete in popular games:

NVS 510 is 29% faster in 900p
NVS 510 is 26% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.25	1.63
Recency	26 November 2010	23 October 2012
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	35 Watt

HD 6550M has 34.6% lower power consumption.

NVS 510, on the other hand, has a 30.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The NVS 510 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6550M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6550M is a notebook graphics card while NVS 510 is a workstation one.