AMD Radeon E8950 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8950 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon E8950

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.9x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel / s vs 43.9 billion / sec
4.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 480
2.9x better floating-point performance: 4,096 gflops vs 1,405.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 219 Watt
6.4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1280 MB
3.2x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1900 MHz (3800 data rate)
Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 66.837 vs 36.849
Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1369.722 vs 736.185
Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.633 vs 4.369
Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 65.836 vs 40.08
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 326.391 vs 122.953

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 7 December 2010
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s vs 43.9 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 480
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops vs 1,405.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 219 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1280 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1900 MHz (3800 data rate)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837 vs 36.849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722 vs 736.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633 vs 4.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836 vs 40.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391 vs 122.953

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Around 99% higher core clock speed: 1464 MHz vs 735 MHz

Core clock speed	1464 MHz vs 735 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8950
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

66.837

36.849

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1369.722

736.185

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.633

4.369

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.836

40.08

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

326.391

122.953

Name	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	66.837	36.849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1369.722	736.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.633	4.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	65.836	40.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	326.391	122.953
PassMark - G3D Mark		3928
PassMark - G2D Mark		474
Geekbench - OpenCL		13327
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8950	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Amethyst	GF110
Launch date	29 September 2015	7 December 2010
Place in performance rating	725	727
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		48.11
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	1464 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,096 gflops	1,405.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2048	480
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel / s	43.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	219 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	3,000 million
CUDA cores		480
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	Two 6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1280 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB / s	152.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1900 MHz (3800 data rate)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround