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).

 

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 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 181 vs 142
  • Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 35 vs 20
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 7.36 GTexel / s vs 5.44 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 181 vs 142
PassMark - G2D Mark 35 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
181
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
20
35
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 142 181
PassMark - G2D Mark 20 35
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 1632 1634
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