AMD Radeon HD 8570D vs NVIDIA ION LE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8570D and NVIDIA ION LE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 8570D

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 88% higher core clock speed: 844 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 438 vs 98
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 160 vs 96
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 September 2012 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed 844 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 438 vs 98
PassMark - G2D Mark 160 vs 96

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8570D
GPU 2: NVIDIA ION LE

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
438
98
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
160
96
Name AMD Radeon HD 8570D NVIDIA ION LE
PassMark - G3D Mark 438 98
PassMark - G2D Mark 160 96
Geekbench - OpenCL 1495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1924
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2966
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1924
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2966
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8570D NVIDIA ION LE

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 3 Tesla
Code name Richland ION
Launch date 26 September 2012 3 June 2008
Place in performance rating 1337 1397
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 844 MHz 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 256
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt
Transistor count 282 million

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Shared memory 1

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI