GeForce GT 1010 vs HD Graphics 515

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking949not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.54no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameSkylake GT2GP108
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)13 January 2021 (3 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 cores192256
Core clock speed300 MHz1228 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz1468 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate19.2023.49
Floating-point processing power0.3072 TFLOPS0.7516 TFLOPS
ROPs316
TMUs2416

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data147 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1253 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data40.1 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI-+

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan1.31.2
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 13 January 2021
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 30 Watt

HD Graphics 515 has 100% lower power consumption.

GT 1010, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 515 and GeForce GT 1010. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 515 is a notebook card while GeForce GT 1010 is a desktop one.


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Intel HD Graphics 515
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