Apple M1 GPU vs GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking544not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.98no data
Power efficiency2.24no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)no data
GPU code nameGF110no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 December 2010 (13 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores4808
Core clock speed732 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)219 Wattno data
Texture fill rate43.92no data
Floating-point processing power1.405 TFLOPSno data
ROPs40no data
TMUs60no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1280 MBno data
Memory bus width320 Bitno data
Memory clock speed950 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth152.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA2.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 December 2010 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 GPU has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 and Apple M1 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 is a desktop card while Apple M1 GPU is a notebook one.


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