ATI Radeon HD 5570 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5570 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 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 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 13 GTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
  • 12.5x more pipelines: 400 vs 32
  • 5.8x better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 172
  • 6.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 198 vs 32
  • 7.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.393 vs 0.612
  • 4.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 235.572 vs 56.838
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 1505
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 1505
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 October 2011 vs 29 July 2008
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
Pipelines 400 vs 32
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 478 vs 172
PassMark - G2D Mark 198 vs 32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.393 vs 0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 235.572 vs 56.838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 1505

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 650 MHz
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 650 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5570
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
478
172
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
198
32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.393
0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
235.572
56.838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
1505
Name ATI Radeon HD 5570 NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 478 172
PassMark - G2D Mark 198 32
Geekbench - OpenCL 1370
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.393 0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 235.572 56.838
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 1505
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1883
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 1505

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5570 NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Turks G96C
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 11 October 2011 29 July 2008
Place in performance rating 1369 1666
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $85.99
Price now $85.99
Value for money (0-100) 4.13

Technical info

Boost clock speed 650 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 1400 MHz
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops 89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 400 32
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s 8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 314 million
CUDA cores 32
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 165 mm 6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CUDA
SLI