ATI Radeon HD 5570 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5570 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5570

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 13 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 400 vs 320
  • Around 22% better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 427.5 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 401
  • 6.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 198 vs 29
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 October 2011 vs 19 November 2007
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Pipelines 400 vs 320
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops vs 427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 478 vs 401
PassMark - G2D Mark 198 vs 29
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3345

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 66% higher memory clock speed: 1660 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 668 MHz vs 650 MHz
Memory clock speed 1660 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5570
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
478
401
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
198
29
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3345
Name ATI Radeon HD 5570 ATI Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark 478 401
PassMark - G2D Mark 198 29
Geekbench - OpenCL 1370
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 235.572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.454
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 49.016
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1883
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1883
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3345

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5570 ATI Radeon HD 3850

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 TeraScale
Code name Turks RV670
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 11 October 2011 19 November 2007
Place in performance rating 1369 1463
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $179

Technical info

Boost clock speed 650 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 668 MHz
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops 427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 400 320
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s 10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 666 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 165 mm 208 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1660 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity