AMD Radeon RX 570 (Laptop) videocard review

AMD Radeon RX 570 (Laptop)

Radeon RX 570 (Laptop) videocard released by AMD; release date: 18 April 2017. At the time of release, the videocard cost $599.99. The videocard is designed for desktop, laptop-computers and based on GCN 4.0 microarchitecture codenamed Ellesmere.

Core clock speed - 926-1168 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1206-1244 MHz. Texture fill rate - 159.23 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 2048. Floating-point performance - 5.1 TFLOPs. Manufacturing process technology - 14 nm. Transistors count - 5,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 150 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 8 GB. Memory bus width - 256 bit. Memory clock speed - 7000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 224 GB/s. Shared memory - 0.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0
Code name Ellesmere
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $599.99
Place in performance rating not rated
Price now $149.99
Type Desktop, Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 59.00

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1206-1244 MHz
Core clock speed 926-1168 MHz
Floating-point performance 5.1 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Pipelines 2048
Pixel fill rate 39.81 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2048
Texture fill rate 159.23 GTexel/s
Texture Units 128
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)