AMD Radeon HD 6570 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6570 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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) 11 month(s) later
  • 3.8x more pipelines: 480 vs 128
  • Around 61% better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 218 vs 54
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 February 2011 vs 4 March 2009
Pipelines 480 vs 128
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 218 vs 54

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

  • 3x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 22% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 591 vs 559
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3108 vs 1044
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 2716
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3108 vs 1044
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 2716
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 591 vs 559
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3108 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 2716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3108 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 2716

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6570
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
559
591
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
218
54
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1044
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2716
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1044
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2716
3351
Name AMD Radeon HD 6570 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark 559 591
PassMark - G2D Mark 218 54
Geekbench - OpenCL 1561
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 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2716 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1044 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2716 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 846

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6570 NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Thames G92B
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date 7 February 2011 4 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $79 $199
Place in performance rating 1426 1021
Price now $49.99 $114.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 19.92 9.91

Technical info

Boost clock speed 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 480 128
Stream Processors 480
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 754 million
Core clock speed 1836 MHz
CUDA cores 128
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1100 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI