AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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).

AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4.9x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 244 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB

Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 6 June 2011
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 244 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1536 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 772 MHz vs 730 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 49.41 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
2.6x better floating-point performance: 1,581 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 42.212 vs 14.771
3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 914.386 vs 285.896
4.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.262 vs 1.219
Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 43.391 vs 24.949
Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 99.735 vs 72.899

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	772 MHz vs 730 MHz
Texture fill rate	49.41 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,581 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	42.212 vs 14.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	914.386 vs 285.896
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.262 vs 1.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	43.391 vs 24.949
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	99.735 vs 72.899

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14.771

42.212

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

285.896

914.386

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.219

5.262

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

24.949

43.391

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

72.899

99.735

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	942
PassMark - G2D Mark	278
Geekbench - OpenCL	5913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.771	42.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	285.896	914.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.219	5.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.949	43.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	72.899	99.735
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1759
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2540
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1759
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2540
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Oland	GF110
Launch date	8 January 2013	6 June 2011
Place in performance rating	1153	1155
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	780 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	772 MHz
Floating-point performance	599.0 gflops	1,581 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	512
Texture fill rate	18.72 GTexel / s	49.41 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	244 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	4008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5