Radeon HD 8510G vs R6 (Carrizo)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R6 (Carrizo) and Radeon HD 8510G, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R6 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.51
+55.7%

R6 (Carrizo) outperforms HD 8510G by an impressive 56% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking9841125
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.961.90
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameCarrizoDevastator
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2015 (9 years ago)23 May 2013 (11 years 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 cores384384
Core clock speedno data554 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz720 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data17.28
Floating-point processing powerno data0.553 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataIGP

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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus width64/128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-N/A

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 HD11
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Fortnite 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
Valorant 35−40
+12.9%
30−35
−12.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 31
+34.8%
21−24
−34.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Dota 2 18−20
+28.6%
14−16
−28.6%
Fortnite 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2 0−1
Metro Exodus 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5
+0%
5−6
+0%
Valorant 35−40
+12.9%
30−35
−12.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Dota 2 18−20
+28.6%
14−16
−28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
+25%
8−9
−25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Valorant 35−40
+12.9%
30−35
−12.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Valorant 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how R6 (Carrizo) and HD 8510G compete in popular games:

  • R6 (Carrizo) is 57% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Fortnite, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R6 (Carrizo) is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R6 (Carrizo) is ahead in 36 tests (86%)
  • there's a draw in 6 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.51 0.97
Recency 4 June 2015 23 May 2013
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 35 Watt

R6 (Carrizo) has a 55.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 191.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R6 (Carrizo) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8510G in performance tests.

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