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
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 6570 | NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | No outputs |
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Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 11 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |
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CrossFire | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |