ATI Radeon HD 3870 vs GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 and Radeon HD 3870, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
570 Rev. 2 outperforms HD 3870 by a whopping 396% 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 | 605 | 1053 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.87 | 0.05 |
| Power efficiency | 2.29 | 0.95 |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | GF110 | RV670 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 December 2010 (14 years ago) | 19 November 2007 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | $269 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
GTX 570 Rev. 2 has 1640% better value for money than ATI HD 3870.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 480 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 732 MHz | 777 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 666 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 219 Watt | 106 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 43.92 | 12.43 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.405 TFLOPS | 0.4973 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 40 | 16 |
| TMUs | 60 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 960 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 640 KB | 256 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 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | 241 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR4 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1280 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 950 MHz | 1126 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 152.0 GB/s | 72.06 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 | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
| 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 | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 2.0 | - |
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 | 6.20 | 1.25 |
| Recency | 7 December 2010 | 19 November 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1280 MB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 219 Watt | 106 Watt |
GTX 570 Rev. 2 has a 396% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.
ATI HD 3870, on the other hand, has 106.6% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3870 in performance tests.
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