ATI Radeon X850 XT AGP vs GeForce GTX 570

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking444not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.07no data
Power efficiency3.22no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameGF110R481
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 December 2010 (13 years ago)28 February 2005 (19 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 cores480no data
Core clock speed732 MHz520 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)219 Watt69 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate43.928.320
Floating-point processing power1.405 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4016
TMUs6016

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x Molex
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1280 MB256 MB
Memory bus width320 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1900 MHz (3800 data rate)540 MHz
Memory bandwidth152.0 GB/s34.56 GB/s

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 ConnectorsMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.22.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 December 2010 28 February 2005
Maximum RAM amount 1280 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 219 Watt 69 Watt

GTX 570 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.

ATI X850 XT AGP, on the other hand, has 217.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 570 and Radeon X850 XT AGP. We've got no test results to judge.


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