Radeon HD 6510G2 vs Mobility HD 3850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 3850 and Radeon HD 6510G2, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 3850
2007
512 MB GDDR3, 55 Watt
0.67

HD 6510G2 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 3850 by an impressive 97% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1139987
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRV6xx (2007−2010)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameM88no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 December 2007 (16 years ago)14 June 2011 (13 years ago)

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 cores320400
Core clock speed580 MHzno data
Number of transistors666 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Wattno data
Texture fill rate9.280no data
Floating-point performance371.2 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 3850 and Radeon HD 6510G2 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.

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data

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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth48 GB/sno data
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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/Ano data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Hitman 3 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Hitman 3 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Hitman 3 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Far Cry 5 0−1 1−2
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

Full HD
High Preset

Far Cry 5 0−1 1−2
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 0−1 1−2
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 1−2
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 1−2

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 0−1 1−2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

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

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD 6510G2 is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD 6510G2 is ahead in 30 tests (83%)
  • there's a draw in 6 tests (17%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.67 1.32
Recency 1 December 2007 14 June 2011
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm

The Radeon HD 6510G2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3850 in performance tests.


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