In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GT 710 v2 EVGA Passive 2GB Edition are significantly better than the Intel HD Graphics 510 Desktop.

The GT 710 has a 604 MHz higher core clock speed and 8 more Texture Mapping Units than the Graphics 510. This results in the GT 710 providing 12.5 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 710 has a 604 MHz higher core clock speed and 4 more Render Output Units than the Graphics 510. This results in the GT 710 providing 6.2 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 GT 710 was released less than a year after the Graphics 510, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.

The GT 710 has 2048 MB video memory, but the Graphics 510 does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.

The GeForce GT 710 v2 EVGA Passive 2GB Edition has 192 Shader Processing Units and the HD Graphics 510 Desktop has 12. However, the actual shader performance of the GT 710 is 183 and the actual shader performance of the Graphics 510 is 101. The GT 710 having 82 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 710. This means that the Graphics 510 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GT 710.

The GeForce GT 710 v2 EVGA Passive 2GB Edition requires 25 Watts to run and the HD Graphics 510 Desktop requires 47 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the GT 710 and a PSU with at least 300 Watts for the Graphics 510. The Graphics 510 requires 22 Watts more than the GT 710 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 710.