Radeon 610M vs HD 8510G

Place in the ranking	1120	787
Place by popularity	not in top-100	37
Power efficiency	1.84	13.15
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Devastator	Dragon Range
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores	384	128
Core clock speed	554 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	720 MHz	2200 MHz
Number of transistors	1,303 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.28	17.60
Floating-point processing power	0.553 TFLOPS	0.5632 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	24	8
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	2

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).

Interface	IGP	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	IGP	IGP
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	System Shared	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	System Shared
Memory bus width	System Shared	System Shared
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

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.7
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 0.93

Radeon 610M 2.85
+206%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

HD 8510G 357

Radeon 610M 1100
+208%

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	4−5 −225%	13 +225%
1440p	30−35 −220%	96 +220%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−100%

6−7
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry 5	0−1	5−6
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Hitman 3	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −83.3%	21−24 +83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −25.8%	35−40 +25.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry 5	0−1	5−6
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%
Hitman 3	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −83.3%	21−24 +83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −100%	14 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −25.8%	35−40 +25.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −80%	9−10 +80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry 5	0−1	5−6
Hitman 3	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −83.3%	21−24 +83.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −42.9%	10 +42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +42.9%	7 −42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −25.8%	35−40 +25.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−600%

7−8
+600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	5−6
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Hitman 3	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −75%	7−8 +75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	2−3
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −467%	16−18 +467%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−100%

6−7
+100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−100%

4−5
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how HD 8510G and Radeon 610M compete in popular games:

Radeon 610M is 225% faster in 1080p
Radeon 610M is 220% faster in 1440p

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 8510G is 43% faster.
in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 610M is 600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD 8510G is ahead in 1 test (2%)
Radeon 610M is ahead in 36 tests (69%)
there's a draw in 15 tests (29%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.93	2.85
Recency	23 May 2013	3 January 2023
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Radeon 610M has a 206.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 540% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 610M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8510G in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.