NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 vs AMD Radeon HD 7850

#ad
Buy
VS

Combined performance score

HD 7850
9.94
+41.6%

Radeon HD 7850 outperforms GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 by 42% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking415517
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.380.72
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code namePitcairnGF110
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date5 March 2012 (12 years old)7 December 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 $349
Current price$267 (1.1x MSRP)$249 (0.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 7850 has 92% better value for money than GTX 570 Rev. 2.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1024480
Core clock speedno data732 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt219 Watt
Texture fill rate55.0443.92
Floating-point performance1,761 gflops1,405 gflops

Size and 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 supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 6-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1280 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz3800 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s152.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support-no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data

API support

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

DirectX1212 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
Mantle-no data
CUDAno data2.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.94 7.02
Recency 5 March 2012 7 December 2010
Cost $249 $349
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1280 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 219 Watt

The Radeon HD 7850 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 in performance tests.


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

User ratings

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon HD 7850
Radeon HD 7850
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2
GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2

Similar GPU comparisons

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

User ratings: view and submit

Here you can see the user rating of the graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


4.1 758 votes

Rate AMD Radeon HD 7850 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.7 7 votes

Rate NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions and comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.