Radeon RX 6800M vs HD 8510G

Place in the ranking	1122	148
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.85	16.53
Architecture	TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Devastator	Navi 22
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	31 May 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 cores	384	2560
Core clock speed	554 MHz	2116 MHz
Boost clock speed	720 MHz	2390 MHz
Number of transistors	1,303 million	17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	145 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.28	382.4
Floating-point processing power	0.553 TFLOPS	12.24 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	64
TMUs	24	160
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	40

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 size	no data	large
Interface	IGP	PCIe 4.0 x16
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	12 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	384.0 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 Connectors

No outputs

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	6.5
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

RX 6800M 34.38
+3597%

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

RX 6800M 13263
+3615%

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	2−3 −5350%	109 +5350%
1440p	2−3 −3600%	74 +3600%
4K	1−2 −4300%	44 +4300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−4000%

123
+4000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1380%	70−75 +1380%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3567%	110 +3567%
Far Cry 5	0−1	75−80
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −4200%	85−90 +4200%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1340%	70−75 +1340%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −1133%	140−150 +1133%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −9700%	98 +9700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1643%	120−130 +1643%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −290%	120−130 +290%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1380%	70−75 +1380%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3300%	102 +3300%
Far Cry 5	0−1	75−80
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −4200%	85−90 +4200%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1340%	70−75 +1340%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −1133%	140−150 +1133%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −8200%	83 +8200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −2914%	211 +2914%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −620%	70−75 +620%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −290%	120−130 +290%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1380%	70−75 +1380%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3167%	98 +3167%
Far Cry 5	0−1	75−80
Hitman 3	5−6 −1340%	70−75 +1340%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −1333%	172 +1333%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −2471%	180 +2471%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −990%	109 +990%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −123%	69 +123%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−9300%

94
+9300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	65−70
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −5100%	50−55 +5100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	35−40
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −5000%	51 +5000%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Hitman 3	7−8 −514%	40−45 +514%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −3075%	127 +3075%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −5800%	170−180 +5800%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−3000%

93
+3000%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

27−30

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2100%	21−24 +2100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	38
Far Cry 5	0−1	20−22

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2400%

50
+2400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	109 +0%	109 +0%
Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	90 +0%	90 +0%
Battlefield 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	78 +0%	78 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	63 +0%	63 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Metro Exodus	83 +0%	83 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	145 +0%	145 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Hitman 3	56 +0%	56 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60 +0%	60 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	23 +0%	23 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	77 +0%	77 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	33 +0%	33 +0%

This is how HD 8510G and RX 6800M compete in popular games:

RX 6800M is 5350% faster in 1080p
RX 6800M is 3600% faster in 1440p
RX 6800M is 4300% faster in 4K

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

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 6800M is 9700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 6800M is ahead in 38 tests (60%)
there's a draw in 25 tests (40%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.93	34.38
Recency	23 May 2013	31 May 2021
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	145 Watt

HD 8510G has 314.3% lower power consumption.

RX 6800M, on the other hand, has a 3596.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 6800M 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.