ATI Radeon HD 5570 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5570 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 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 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2x more core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 325 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 13 GTexel / s vs 6.5 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 480 vs 170
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 193 vs 74
  • 6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 486
  • 6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 486
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 October 2011 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s vs 6.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 480 vs 170
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 vs 74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 486

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5570
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
480
170
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
193
74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
486
Name ATI Radeon HD 5570 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
PassMark - G3D Mark 480 170
PassMark - G2D Mark 193 74
Geekbench - OpenCL 1378
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 486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1883
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 486

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5570 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Curie
Code name Turks G71
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 11 October 2011 20 April 2006
Place in performance rating 1367 1609
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Price now $109.99
Value for money (0-100) 1.84

Technical info

Boost clock speed 650 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 325 MHz
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 400
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s 6.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 278 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 173 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 11 9.0c
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 40.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity