Radeon HD 8570M vs FirePro V4900

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Aggregated performance score

FirePro V4900
2011
1024 MB GDDR5
2.55
+124%

FirePro V4900 outperforms Radeon HD 8570M by a whopping 124% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking7881036
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.380.03
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameTurksSun
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date1 November 2011 (12 years ago)16 November 2012 (11 years ago)
Current price$155 $338

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro V4900 has 1167% better value for money than HD 8570M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores480384
Core clock speed800 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speedno data825 MHz
Number of transistors716 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate19.2016.50
Floating-point performance768.0 gflops528.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 8570M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length163 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed4000 MHz1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s16 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro V4900 2.55
+124%
HD 8570M 1.14

FirePro V4900 outperforms Radeon HD 8570M by 124% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro V4900 987
+124%
HD 8570M 441

FirePro V4900 outperforms Radeon HD 8570M by 124% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD24−27
+118%
11
−118%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.55 1.14
Recency 1 November 2011 16 November 2012
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

The FirePro V4900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8570M in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro V4900 is a workstation card while Radeon HD 8570M is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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