AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (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.

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
5.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 43.9 billion / sec
4x more pipelines: 2x 960 vs 480
2.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 1,405.4 gflops
3.2x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 1280 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 1900 MHz (3800 data rate)

Launch date	19 September 2011 vs 7 December 2010
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 43.9 billion / sec
Pipelines	2x 960 vs 480
Floating-point performance	2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 1,405.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 1280 MB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 1900 MHz (3800 data rate)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1464 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 219 Watt vs 254 Watt
3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13327 vs 3977
5.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.369 vs 0.789
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 474 vs 373
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3928 vs 2534

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1464 MHz vs 800 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	219 Watt vs 254 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	13327 vs 3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.369 vs 0.789
PassMark - G2D Mark	474 vs 373
PassMark - G3D Mark	3928 vs 2534

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3977

13327

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.789

4.369

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

373

474

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2534

3928

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
Geekbench - OpenCL	3977	13327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.789	4.369
PassMark - G2D Mark	373	474
PassMark - G3D Mark	2534	3928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		36.849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		736.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		40.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		122.953
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 HD 6850 X2	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Barts	GF110
Launch date	19 September 2011	7 December 2010
Place in performance rating	726	727
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Price now		$99.99
Value for money (0-100)		48.11
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	1464 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,536.0 gflops	1,405.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 960	480
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	43.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	254 Watt	219 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	3,000 million
CUDA cores		480
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	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	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	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	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	1280 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 134.4 GB / s	152.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz	1900 MHz (3800 data rate)
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround