ATI Radeon HD 4570 vs GeForce 930A
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce 930A with Radeon HD 4570, including specs and performance data.
930A outperforms HD 4570 by a whopping 519% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 819 | 1305 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.78 | 1.45 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | GM108 | RV710 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 13 March 2015 (10 years ago) | 25 November 2008 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 928 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 941 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 242 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 22.58 | 5.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7227 TFLOPS | 0.104 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 24 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 192 KB | 16 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 64 KB |
Form factor & 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 3.0 x8 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 type | DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1001 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 16.02 GB/s | 8 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 5.0 | - |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.91 | 0.47 |
| Recency | 13 March 2015 | 25 November 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 33 Watt | 25 Watt |
GeForce 930A has a 519.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.
ATI HD 4570, on the other hand, has 32% lower power consumption.
The GeForce 930A is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4570 in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce 930A is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 4570 is a desktop one.
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