GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
Aggregated performance score
Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition outperforms GeForce GTX 570 by 32% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 355 | 409 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | no data | 10.61 |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2017) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Amethyst | GF110 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 November 2014 (9 years ago) | 7 December 2010 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $349 |
| Current price | no data | $12.99 (0x MSRP) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 2048 | 480 |
| CUDA cores | no data | 480 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 732 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 3,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 219 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | no data | 97 °C |
| Texture fill rate | 108.8 | 43.9 billion/sec |
| Floating-point performance | 3,482 gflops | 1,405.4 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 support | no data | PCI-E 2.0 x 16 |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) |
| Height | no data | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) |
| Width | MXM Module | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | Two 6-pin |
| SLI options | no data | + |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1280 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 320 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5448 MHz | 1900 MHz (3800 data rate) |
| Memory bandwidth | 174.3 GB/s | 152.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI |
| Multi monitor support | no data | + |
| HDMI | no data | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
| Audio input for HDMI | no data | Internal |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | no data | + |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 100−110
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| 80
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Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 13.38 | 10.14 |
| Recency | 23 November 2014 | 7 December 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1280 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 219 Watt |
The Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 570 in performance tests.
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