GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition vs Radeon HD 8570D
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1079 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.19 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | Devastator Lite | GT200B |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 10 July 2013 (11 years ago) | 16 February 2010 (14 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 | 256 | 240 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 633 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 868 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 1,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 219 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.89 | 50.64 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4444 TFLOPS | 0.6221 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 28 |
| TMUs | 16 | 80 |
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 | IGP | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | IGP | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 896 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 448 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1134 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 127.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | No outputs | 2x DVI |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 July 2013 | 16 February 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 219 Watt |
HD 8570D has an age advantage of 3 years, a 71.9% more advanced lithography process, and 236.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8570D and GeForce GTX 275 PhysX Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
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