NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 vs ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 and ATI Radeon X1600 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2

ATI Radeon X1600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 732 MHz vs 590 MHz
18.6x more texture fill rate: 43.92 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
5x more maximum memory size: 1280 MB vs 256 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 3800 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1745
Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1745

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 December 2010 vs 1 October 2007
Core clock speed	732 MHz vs 590 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.92 GTexel / s vs 2.36 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1280 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3800 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 1745

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 XT

5.2x lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 219 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt vs 219 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600 XT

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1745

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1745

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2	ATI Radeon X1600 XT
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	674.215
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.967
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	36.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	123.354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5405
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	1745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5405
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	1745
PassMark - G3D Mark		116
PassMark - G2D Mark		356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2	ATI Radeon X1600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	R500
Code name	GF110	RV530
Launch date	7 December 2010	1 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	820	821
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	732 MHz	590 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,405 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	480
Texture fill rate	43.92 GTexel / s	2.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	219 Watt	42 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	152.0 GB / s	22.08 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3800 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3