Radeon HD 8510G vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with Radeon HD 8510G, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
6.04
+549%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) outperforms HD 8510G by a whopping 549% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5801117
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency29.051.92
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameVega RenoirDevastator
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 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 speed400 MHz554 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHz720 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 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).

Interfaceno dataIGP
Widthno 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 widthno dataSystem 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 compatibility

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

DirectX12_111.2 (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 HD20
+567%
3−4
−567%
1440p28
+600%
4−5
−600%
4K18
+800%
2−3
−800%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 11
+267%
3−4
−267%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16
+220%
5−6
−220%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Battlefield 5 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14
+367%
3−4
−367%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry 5 14−16 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+583%
6−7
−583%
Hitman 3 11
+120%
5−6
−120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 97
+708%
12−14
−708%
Metro Exodus 23
+667%
3−4
−667%
Red Dead Redemption 2 22
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Watch Dogs: Legion 62
+100%
30−35
−100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Battlefield 5 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12
+300%
3−4
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 6
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry 5 14−16 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+583%
6−7
−583%
Hitman 3 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Horizon Zero Dawn 73
+508%
12−14
−508%
Metro Exodus 17
+750%
2−3
−750%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21
+200%
7−8
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+100%
10−11
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50
+61.3%
30−35
−61.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Far Cry 5 14−16 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+583%
6−7
−583%
Hitman 3 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Horizon Zero Dawn 17
+41.7%
12−14
−41.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18
+157%
7−8
−157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
+10%
10−11
−10%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+64.5%
30−35
−64.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14
+1300%
1−2
−1300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Hitman 3 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Metro Exodus 6−7 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+1233%
3−4
−1233%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5 0−1
Hitman 3 2−3 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 11
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and HD 8510G compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 567% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 600% faster in 1440p
  • RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 800% 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 Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 2100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) surpassed HD 8510G in all 38 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.04 0.93
Recency 7 January 2020 23 May 2013
Chip lithography 7 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 549.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8510G in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while Radeon HD 8510G is a desktop one.


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