ATI Radeon HD 3570 vs AMD FireStream 9370

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3570 and AMD FireStream 9370 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 3570

AMD FireStream 9370

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3570

7.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 225 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9370

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 796 MHz
20.8x more texture fill rate: 66.0 GTexel / s vs 3.18 GTexel / s
40x more pipelines: 1600 vs 40
41.5x better floating-point performance: 2,640.0 gflops vs 63.68 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
4.6x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 990 MHz

Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 796 MHz
Texture fill rate	66.0 GTexel / s vs 3.18 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 40
Floating-point performance	2,640.0 gflops vs 63.68 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 990 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3570
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9370

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3570	AMD FireStream 9370
PassMark - G2D Mark		763
PassMark - G3D Mark		2528

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3570	AMD FireStream 9370
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale 2
Code name	RV620	Cypress
Launch date	5 July 2010	23 June 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	129
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	796 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	63.68 gflops	2,640.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	40	1600
Texture fill rate	3.18 GTexel / s	66.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DisplayPort	1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	3.3	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	7.92 GB / s	147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	990 MHz	4600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR5