In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia Quadro K600 PNY 1GB Edition are noticeably better than the Intel HD Graphics 510 Desktop.

The K600 PNY has a 526 MHz higher core clock speed and 8 more Texture Mapping Units than the Graphics 510. This results in the K600 PNY providing 11.2 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 K600 PNY has a 526 MHz higher core clock speed and 12 more Render Output Units than the Graphics 510. This results in the K600 PNY providing 12.6 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 a year more recently than the K600 PNY, and so the Graphics 510 is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the K600 PNY.

The K600 PNY has 1024 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 K600 PNY 1GB Edition has 192. However, the actual shader performance of the Graphics 510 is 101 and the actual shader performance of the K600 PNY is 168. The K600 PNY having 67 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the K600 PNY delivers a marginally smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the Graphics 510.

The Graphics 510 transistor size technology is 14 nm (nanometers) smaller than the K600 PNY. This means that the Graphics 510 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the K600 PNY.

The HD Graphics 510 Desktop requires 47 Watts to run and the Quadro K600 PNY 1GB Edition requires 41 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the Graphics 510 and a PSU with at least 400 Watts for the K600 PNY. The Graphics 510 requires 6 Watts more than the K600 PNY to run. The difference is not significant enough for the Graphics 510 to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the K600 PNY.