ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition vs RX 570
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 352 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 21 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 11.70 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.57 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | Rage 7 (2001−2006) |
| GPU code name | Polaris 20 | RV250 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 18 April 2017 (8 years ago) | 14 March 2004 (21 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $169 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 2048 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1168 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1244 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 36 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 28 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 159.2 | 1.100 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.095 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 128 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | no data |
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 3.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
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 | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 64 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 8.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI |
| HDMI | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 8.1 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 April 2017 | 14 March 2004 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 28 Watt |
RX 570 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.
ATI 9000 PRO Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 328.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 570 and Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
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