ATI Radeon HD 5570 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5570 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 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 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 400 vs 192
  • Around 12% better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 108 Watt
  • 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 198 vs 47
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3258
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3258
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 October 2011 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Pipelines 400 vs 192
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt vs 108 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 198 vs 47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3258

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

  • 3x more texture fill rate: 38.4 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 823 vs 477
  • 9.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 13337 vs 1381
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 38.4 GTexel / s vs 13 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 823 vs 477
Geekbench - OpenCL 13337 vs 1381

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5570
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
477
823
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
198
47
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1381
13337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3258
Name ATI Radeon HD 5570 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800
PassMark - G3D Mark 477 823
PassMark - G2D Mark 198 47
Geekbench - OpenCL 1381 13337
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 3258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1160
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1883
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3258

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5570 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla 2.0
Code name Turks GT200B
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 11 October 2011 30 March 2009
Place in performance rating 1370 1373
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $799
Price now $109.99
Value for money (0-100) 9.89

Technical info

Boost clock speed 650 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 520.0 gflops 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 400 192
Texture fill rate 13 GTexel / s 38.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 39 Watt 108 Watt
Transistor count 716 million 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 165 mm 198 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 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity