AMD Radeon HD 6570 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6570 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6570

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 10x more pipelines: 480 vs 48
  • 4x better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 156 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 547 vs 323
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 217 vs 70
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 February 2011 vs 12 October 2009
Pipelines 480 vs 48
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops vs 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 547 vs 323
PassMark - G2D Mark 217 vs 70

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 3.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6073 vs 1553
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3233 vs 2716
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3233 vs 2716
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 6073 vs 1553
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3233 vs 2716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3233 vs 2716

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6570
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
547
323
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
217
70
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1553
6073
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2716
3233
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2716
3233
Name AMD Radeon HD 6570 NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
PassMark - G3D Mark 547 323
PassMark - G2D Mark 217 70
Geekbench - OpenCL 1553 6073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 255.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 59.183
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2716 3233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2716 3233
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 846

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6570 NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Thames G94B
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date 7 February 2011 12 October 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $79 $43.99
Place in performance rating 1424 1426
Price now $49.99 $43.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 19.92 13.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 480 48
Stream Processors 480
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 505 million
Core clock speed 650 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)