ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 vs GeForce GTX 570
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 501 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.89 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.30 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | R400 (2004−2008) |
| GPU code name | GF110 | M18 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 December 2010 (15 years ago) | 1 July 2004 (21 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
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 | 12 |
| Core clock speed | 732 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 350 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,000 million | 160 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 219 Watt | no data |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 97 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 43.92 | 2.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.405 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 40 | 8 |
| TMUs | 60 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 960 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 640 KB | no 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).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | no data |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1280 MB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 320 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1900 MHz (3800 data rate) | 300 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 152.0 GB/s | 19.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 9.0b (9_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 December 2010 | 1 July 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1280 MB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 130 nm |
GTX 570 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 570 and Mobility Radeon 9800. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 570 is a desktop graphics card while Mobility Radeon 9800 is a notebook one.
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