ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 51% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 5.44 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
  • 5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16
  • 3.8x better floating-point performance: 108.8 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 149 vs 67
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1697 vs 892
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1697 vs 892
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 January 2009 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed 680 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 5.44 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 80 vs 16
Floating-point performance 108.8 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 149 vs 67
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1697 vs 892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1697 vs 892

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 vs 19
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 56 vs 19

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
149
67
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19
56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1697
892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1697
892
Name ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 149 67
PassMark - G2D Mark 19 56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1697 892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1697 892

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Tesla
Code name M92 G86
Launch date 9 January 2009 9 May 2007
Place in performance rating 1629 1630
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 680 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 108.8 gflops 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 80 16
Texture fill rate 5.44 GTexel / s 3.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 242 million 210 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-II PCIe 1.0 x16

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3 GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0