ATI Radeon HD 5570 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M

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Combined performance score

GT 820M
1.48
+19.4%

GeForce GT 820M outperforms Radeon HD 5570 by 19% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking933997
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.020.02
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF117Redwood
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 November 2013 (10 years old)9 February 2010 (14 years old)
Current price$310 $149
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 820M and ATI HD 5570 have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores96400
Core clock speed775 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors585 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt39 Watt
Texture fill rate12.4013.00
Floating-point performance297.6 gflops520.0 gflops

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data165 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz667 - 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s25.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1no data

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.

GT 820M 1.48
+19.4%
ATI HD 5570 1.24

GeForce GT 820M outperforms Radeon HD 5570 by 19% in our combined 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%

GT 820M 573
+18.9%
ATI HD 5570 482

GeForce GT 820M outperforms Radeon HD 5570 by 19% 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:

900p16−18
+6.7%
15
−6.7%
Full HD24−27
+9.1%
22
−9.1%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.48 1.24
Recency 27 November 2013 9 February 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 39 Watt

The GeForce GT 820M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 5570 in performance tests.


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

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