ATI Radeon HD 5570 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	910	913
Value for money	0.03	0.05
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	G92	Redwood
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 July 2008 (14 years old)	9 February 2010 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	no data
Current price	$184 (1.2x MSRP)	$113

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	112	400
CUDA cores	112	no data
Core clock speed	600 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	627 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	105 Watt	39 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion/sec	13.00
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops	520.0 gflops

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)	165 mm
Height	1-slot	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	no data

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	667 - 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	25.6 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	HDTVDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.0
OpenGL	2.1	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS

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

900p	no data	15
Full HD	no data	22

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance rating	1.22	1.20
Recency	21 July 2008	9 February 2010
Memory bus width	256	128
Memory bandwidth	57.6	25.6
Pipelines / CUDA cores	112	400
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	105 Watt	39 Watt

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