GeForce 6800 GT vs Radeon HD 5570

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	1000	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.02	no data
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	Redwood	NV45
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	9 February 2010 (14 years ago)	8 June 2004 (19 years ago)
Current price	$149	$213

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

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 cores	400	no data
Core clock speed	650 MHz	350 MHz
Number of transistors	627 million	222 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	39 Watt	67 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.00	5.600
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	165 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin

Memory

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 type	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	667 - 900 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	32 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	5.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	9 February 2010	8 June 2004
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	39 Watt	67 Watt

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