ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 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).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 513 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 320 MB
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1584 MHz

Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 12 February 2007
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 513 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 320 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1584 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

2.3x more texture fill rate: 12.31 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 96 vs 80
2.1x better floating-point performance: 228.1 gflops vs 108.8 gflops
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 412 vs 143
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 31 vs 20

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	12.31 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 80
Floating-point performance	228.1 gflops vs 108.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	412 vs 143
PassMark - G2D Mark	31 vs 20

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

412

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
PassMark - G3D Mark	143	412
PassMark - G2D Mark	20	31
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1697

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	M92	G80
Launch date	9 January 2009	12 February 2007
Place in performance rating	1632	1635
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$269
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	513 MHz
Floating-point performance	108.8 gflops	228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	80	96
Texture fill rate	5.44 GTexel / s	12.31 GTexel / s
Transistor count	242 million	681 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		143 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	320 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1584 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	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