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NVIDIA GeForce 510

The NVIDIA GeForce 510 is a graphics card released on September 29, 2011. It has 48 shading units, 2 GB of DDR3 memory on a 64-bit bus, 14.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 523 MHz and a 25 W board power rating. It scores 292 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

GF119S

8/10 key specs recorded · 26 facts

Depth: 38 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

48cores

Memory

2 GB

DDR3 · 64-bit

Boost clock

n/a

523 MHz base

Board power

25 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce 510 scores 292 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 28.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,094), measured across 31 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 162.

PassMark G3D Mark

292

Rank #2,094
Faster than 28.6% of 2,658 GPUs
31 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 7 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 11.6% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 3 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 26.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 1.2% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 1 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 0% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 130 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 3.7% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 510 averages DirectX 9 7 fps, DirectX 10 3 fps, DirectX 11 2 fps, DirectX 12 1 fps and GPU Compute 130 ops/s, across 31 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 2 GB

Core clock 523 MHz

Memory clock 1800 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 25 W

First benchmarked 2011-12-26

Samples 31

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 510 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 523 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2011-12-26. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename GF119S

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 292 M

Die size 79 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce 510 uses the GF119S graphics processor, contains 292 million transistors and has a die size of 79 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 48

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 8

Render output units (ROPs) 4

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 510 has 48 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce 510 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 510. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 510.

Clock speeds

Base clock 523 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 510 runs at a base clock of 523 MHz.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type DDR3

Bus width 64-bit

Bandwidth 14.4 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce 510 is equipped with 2 GB of DDR3 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 14.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce 510 has a board power rating of 25 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 25 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched September 29, 2011

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce 500 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce 510 was released on September 29, 2011.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 292

PassMark G2D 162

Rank #2,094

Samples 31

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce 510 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 11 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.5 (stated by PassMark)

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 510. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 510. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 510.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 510 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce 510 has 2 GB of DDR3 memory on a 64-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 14.4 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 510 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce 510 has a board power rating of 25 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 510?

The NVIDIA GeForce 510 scores 292 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 28.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,094. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 1 fps.