GeForce 830A vs Radeon HD 7570

Place in the ranking	956	777
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.84	6.21
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	Turks	GM108
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	5 January 2012 (12 years ago)	22 July 2014 (10 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 cores	480	256
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1082 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1150 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	33 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.60	18.40
Floating-point processing power	0.624 TFLOPS	0.5888 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	24	16

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	14.4 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	-	5.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 7570 1.59

GeForce 830A 2.95
+85.5%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 7570 612

GeForce 830A 1138
+85.9%

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	1.59	2.95
Recency	5 January 2012	22 July 2014
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	33 Watt

GeForce 830A has a 85.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 81.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 830A is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7570 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7570 is a desktop card while GeForce 830A is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.