NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 vs ATI Radeon HD 4570

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2 and ATI Radeon HD 4570 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

ATI Radeon HD 4570

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2

8x more texture fill rate: 41.5 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 216 vs 80
5.2x better floating-point performance: 536.5 gflops vs 104 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 1998 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	216 vs 80
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops vs 104 gflops
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4570

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 576 MHz
6.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 171 Watt
Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 896 MB

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 576 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 171 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 896 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Rev. 2	ATI Radeon HD 4570
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT200B	RV710
Launch date	27 November 2008	25 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops	104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	216	80
Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	171 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2