ATI Radeon HD 5670 640SP Edition vs ATI Radeon HD 3570

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5670 640SP Edition and ATI Radeon HD 3570 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon HD 5670 640SP Edition

ATI Radeon HD 3570

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5670 640SP Edition

7.5x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 3.18 GTexel / s
16x more pipelines: 640 vs 40
15.1x better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 63.68 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 990 MHz

Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 3.18 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 40
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops vs 63.68 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 990 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3570

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 796 MHz vs 750 MHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 64 Watt

Core clock speed	796 MHz vs 750 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 64 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5670 640SP Edition	ATI Radeon HD 3570
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Juniper	RV620
Launch date	18 July 2010	5 July 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$119
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	796 MHz
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops	63.68 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	40
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	3.18 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	7.92 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2