GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 vs Radeon HD 6850
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6850 and GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
570 Rev. 2 outperforms HD 6850 by a considerable 42% 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 | 692 | 610 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.89 | 0.92 |
| Power efficiency | 2.80 | 2.30 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Barts | GF110 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 21 October 2010 (15 years ago) | 7 December 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $179 | $349 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
GTX 570 Rev. 2 has 3% better value for money than HD 6850.
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 | 960 | 480 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 732 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,700 million | 3,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 127 Watt | 219 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 37.20 | 43.92 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.488 TFLOPS | 1.405 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 40 |
| TMUs | 48 | 60 |
| L1 Cache | 192 KB | 960 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 640 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).
| Bus support | AGP | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 198 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1280 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 320 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 950 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB/s | 152.0 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, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| HDMI | + | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | 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 | 4.61 | 6.53 |
| Recency | 21 October 2010 | 7 December 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1280 MB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 127 Watt | 219 Watt |
HD 6850 has 72.4% lower power consumption.
GTX 570 Rev. 2, on the other hand, has a 41.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 month, and a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6850 in performance tests.
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