ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4 vs GeForce GTX 570M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking693not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.57no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameGF114R300
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date28 June 2011 (14 years ago)1 July 2002 (23 years ago)

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 cores336no data
Core clock speed575 MHz325 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million110 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate32.202.600 ×4
Floating-point processing power0.7728 TFLOPSno data
ROPs248 ×4
TMUs568 ×4
L1 Cache448 KBno data
L2 Cache384 KBno 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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCI
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB128 MB ×4
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit ×4
Memory clock speed1500 MHz310 MHz
Memory bandwidth72.0 GB/s19.84 GB/s ×4
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x DVI

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
Optimus+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 API9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.52.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2011 1 July 2002
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm

GTX 570M has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 570M and Radeon 9700 PRO X4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 570M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 9700 PRO X4 is a desktop one.

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