In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GT 630 v3 Zotac Zone 4GB Edition are noticeably better than the Intel HD Graphics 510 Desktop.

The GT 630 has a 552 MHz higher core clock speed and 8 more Texture Mapping Units than the Graphics 510. This results in the GT 630 providing 11.6 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 630 has a 552 MHz higher core clock speed and 4 more Render Output Units than the Graphics 510. This results in the GT 630 providing 5.8 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 GT 630, 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 GT 630.

The GT 630 has 4096 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 630 v3 Zotac Zone 4GB Edition has 384. However, the actual shader performance of the Graphics 510 is 101 and the actual shader performance of the GT 630 is 346. The GT 630 having 245 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the Graphics 510 performs better when taking into account other relevant data.

The Graphics 510 transistor size technology is 14 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GT 630. This means that the Graphics 510 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GT 630.

The HD Graphics 510 Desktop requires 47 Watts to run and the GeForce GT 630 v3 Zotac Zone 4GB Edition requires 25 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 630. The Graphics 510 requires 22 Watts more than the GT 630 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 GT 630.