ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), 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 - 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).

ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2

NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
34.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 34.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.7 billion / sec
16.7x more pipelines: 2x 800 vs 96
12.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,360.0 gflops vs 215.04 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 1 GB
6x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 800 MHz
4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.092 vs 0.459

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 October 2010 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	2x 34.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 96
Floating-point performance	2x 1,360.0 gflops vs 215.04 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.092 vs 0.459

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M

Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 850 MHz

Core clock speed	1120 MHz vs 850 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.092

0.459

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2	NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.092	0.459
PassMark - G3D Mark		528
PassMark - G2D Mark		171
Geekbench - OpenCL		1860
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		172.058
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		8.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		13.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		690

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5770 X2	NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Juniper	GF108
Launch date	13 October 2010	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1568	1569
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1120 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,360.0 gflops	215.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 800	96
Texture fill rate	2x 34.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	6.7 billion / sec
Transistor count	1,040 million	585 million
CUDA cores		96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 76.8 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus