HD Graphics 500 vs Radeon HD 8510G

Place in performance ranking	1082	1116
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	0.08
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	Gen. 9 Apollo Lake (2016−2017)
GPU code name	Trinity	Apollo Lake
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	23 May 2013 (10 years ago)	1 September 2016 (7 years ago)
Current price	$659	$414

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD Graphics 500 has 700% better value for money than HD 8510G.

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	12
Core clock speed	450 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	554 MHz	700 MHz
Number of transistors	1,303 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.28	9.000
Floating-point performance	no data	144.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8510G and HD Graphics 500 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.

Interface

IGP

PCIe 3.0 x1

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	System Shared	DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	System Shared
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

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.4
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.97

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.

HD 8510G 0.92
+22.7%

HD Graphics 500 0.75

Radeon HD 8510G outperforms HD Graphics 500 by 23% 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%

HD 8510G 356
+19.5%

HD Graphics 500 298

Radeon HD 8510G outperforms HD Graphics 500 by 19% 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	12−14 +20%	10 −20%
1440p	1−2 +0%	1 +0%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	0−1
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Hitman 3	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how HD 8510G and HD Graphics 500 compete in popular games:

HD 8510G is 20% faster than HD Graphics 500 in 1080p
HD Graphics 500 is 0% faster than HD 8510G in 1440p

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

in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 8510G is 12.5% faster than the HD Graphics 500.

All in all, in popular games:

HD 8510G is ahead in 2 tests (8%)
there's a draw in 23 tests (92%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.92	0.75
Recency	23 May 2013	1 September 2016
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt