NVIDIA NVS 510
The NVIDIA NVS 510 is a workstation graphics card released on October 23, 2012, built on the Kepler architecture. It has 2 GB of DDR3 memory, a boost clock of 797 MHz and a 35 W board power rating. It scores 677 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.2.
Depth: 31 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: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA NVS 510 scores 677 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 44.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,664), measured across 388 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 288.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA NVS 510 averages DirectX 9 16 fps, DirectX 10 2 fps, DirectX 11 6 fps, DirectX 12 3 fps and GPU Compute 314 ops/s, across 388 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA NVS 510 states the PCI-Express x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-10-28. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA NVS 510 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA NVS 5100M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA NVS 510 is based on the Kepler architecture and uses the GK107 graphics processor.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA NVS 510 runs at a base clock of 797 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA NVS 510 is equipped with 2 GB of DDR3 memory.
Board and power
The NVIDIA NVS 510 has a board power rating of 35 W and it connects over PCI-Express x16.
Market
The NVIDIA NVS 510 was released on October 23, 2012.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA NVS 510 supports DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.2.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA NVS 510. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA NVS 510.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA NVS 510 have?
The NVIDIA NVS 510 has 2 GB of DDR3 memory.
How much power does the NVIDIA NVS 510 use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA NVS 510 has a board power rating of 35 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA NVS 510?
The NVIDIA NVS 510 scores 677 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 44.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,664. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 3 fps.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA NVS 510 use?
The NVIDIA NVS 510 connects over PCI-Express x16.
When was the NVIDIA NVS 510 released?
The NVIDIA NVS 510 was released on October 23, 2012.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
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- Architecture: Kepler (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GK107 -> Kepler. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).
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