ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 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 Quadro FX 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 460 MHz
2.5x more pipelines: 80 vs 32
Around 85% better floating-point performance: 108.8 gflops vs 58.88 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1697 vs 1252
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1697 vs 1252

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 12 September 2007
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 460 MHz
Pipelines	80 vs 32
Floating-point performance	108.8 gflops vs 58.88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1697 vs 1252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1697 vs 1252

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 7.36 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 160 vs 142
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 36 vs 20

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	7.36 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	160 vs 142
PassMark - G2D Mark	36 vs 20

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

142

160

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1697

1252

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1697

1252

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
PassMark - G3D Mark	142	160
PassMark - G2D Mark	20	36
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1697	1252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1697	1252

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	M92	G84
Launch date	9 January 2009	12 September 2007
Place in performance rating	1629	1630
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	460 MHz
Floating-point performance	108.8 gflops	58.88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	80	32
Texture fill rate	5.44 GTexel / s	7.36 GTexel / s
Transistor count	242 million	289 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		42 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		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
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	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	DDR2
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