GeForce MX570 vs Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated408
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data42.00
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameBlackcombGA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date25 August 2011 (14 years ago)May 2022 (3 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 cores9602048
Core clock speed680 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1155 MHz
Number of transistors1,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate32.6473.92
Floating-point processing power1.306 TFLOPS4.731 TFLOPS
ROPs3240
TMUs4864
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16
L1 Cache192 KB2 MB
L2 Cache512 KB2 MB

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth115.2 GB/s96 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 25 Watt

GeForce MX570 has a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

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