In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon R5 240 v1 are noticeably better than the Intel HD Graphics 510 Desktop.

The R5 240 has a 475 MHz higher core clock speed and 16 more Texture Mapping Units than the Graphics 510. This results in the R5 240 providing 17 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 R5 240 has a 475 MHz higher core clock speed and 4 more Render Output Units than the Graphics 510. This results in the R5 240 providing 5.2 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 R5 240, 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 R5 240.

The R5 240 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 Radeon R5 240 v1 has 384 Shader Processing Units and the HD Graphics 510 Desktop has 12. However, the actual shader performance of the R5 240 is 269 and the actual shader performance of the Graphics 510 is 101. The R5 240 having 168 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the R5 240 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 R5 240. This means that the Graphics 510 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the R5 240.

The Radeon R5 240 v1 requires 30 Watts to run and the HD Graphics 510 Desktop requires 47 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 400 Watts for the R5 240 and a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the Graphics 510. The Graphics 510 requires 17 Watts more than the R5 240 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 R5 240.