In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia Quadro FX 5600 are noticeably better than the Intel HD Graphics 510 Desktop.

The Graphics 510 was released over three years more recently than the Quadro FX 5600, and so the Graphics 510 is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the Quadro FX 5600 when running the latest games.

The Quadro FX 5600 has 1536 MB video memory, but the Graphics 510 does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.

The HD Graphics 510 Desktop has 12 Shader Processing Units and the Quadro FX 5600 has 128. However, the actual shader performance of the Graphics 510 is 101 and the actual shader performance of the Quadro FX 5600 is 77. The Graphics 510 having 24 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the Quadro FX 5600 performs better when taking into account other relevant data.

The Graphics 510 transistor size technology is 76 nm (nanometers) smaller than the Quadro FX 5600. This means that the Graphics 510 is expected to run massively cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the Quadro FX 5600.

The HD Graphics 510 Desktop requires 47 Watts to run and the Quadro FX 5600 requires 171 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the Graphics 510 and a PSU with at least 750 Watts for the Quadro FX 5600. The Quadro FX 5600 requires 124 Watts more than the Graphics 510 to run. The difference is significant enough that the Quadro FX 5600 may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the Graphics 510.