In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Intel HD Graphics 510 Desktop are significantly better than the Nvidia Quadro FX 580.

The Graphics 510 was released over three years more recently than the Quadro FX 580, 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 580 when running the latest games.

The Quadro FX 580 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 Quadro FX 580 has 32. However, the actual shader performance of the Graphics 510 is 101 and the actual shader performance of the Quadro FX 580 is 14. The Graphics 510 having 87 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the Graphics 510 delivers a marginally smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the Quadro FX 580.

The HD Graphics 510 Desktop requires 47 Watts to run and the Quadro FX 580 requires 40 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the Graphics 510 and a PSU with at least 450 Watts for the Quadro FX 580. The Graphics 510 requires 7 Watts more than the Quadro FX 580 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 Quadro FX 580.