ATI Radeon HD 5570 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5570 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 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 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 540 MHz
  • Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 13 GTexel / s vs 8.6 billion / sec
  • 12.5x more pipelines: 400 vs 32
  • 6.8x better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 47 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 131
  • 4.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 198 vs 42
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1883 vs 449
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 1397
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1883 vs 449
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 1397
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 October 2011 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s vs 8.6 billion / sec
Pipelines 400 vs 32
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt vs 47 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 478 vs 131
PassMark - G2D Mark 198 vs 42
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1883 vs 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1883 vs 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 1397

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5570
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
478
131
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
198
42
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1883
449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1883
449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
1397
Name ATI Radeon HD 5570 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 478 131
PassMark - G2D Mark 198 42
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 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1883 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 1397

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5570 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Turks G84
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 11 October 2011 17 April 2007
Place in performance rating 1369 1621
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $159

Technical info

Boost clock speed 650 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 540 MHz
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops 76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 400 32
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s 8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt 47 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 289 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 1.0 x16
Length 165 mm 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 700 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU 256 MB

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
SLI