In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel HD Graphics 510 Desktop are very slightly better than the Nvidia GeForce GT 220 v3.

The GT 220 has a 265 MHz higher core clock speed and 8 more Texture Mapping Units than the Graphics 510. This results in the GT 220 providing 7 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.

The GT 220 has a 265 MHz higher core clock speed and 4 more Render Output Units than the Graphics 510. This results in the GT 220 providing 3.5 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.

The Graphics 510 was released over three years more recently than the GT 220, 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 GT 220 when running the latest games.

The GT 220 has 512 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 GeForce GT 220 v3 has 48. However, the actual shader performance of the Graphics 510 is 101 and the actual shader performance of the GT 220 is 59. The Graphics 510 having 42 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the GT 220 performs better when taking into account other relevant data.

The Graphics 510 transistor size technology is 26 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GT 220. This means that the Graphics 510 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GT 220. While they exhibit similar graphical performance, the Graphics 510 should consume less power than the GT 220.

The HD Graphics 510 Desktop requires 47 Watts to run and the GeForce GT 220 v3 requires 58 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the Graphics 510 and a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the GT 220. The GT 220 requires 11 Watts more than the Graphics 510 to run. The difference is not significant enough for the GT 220 to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the Graphics 510.