NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 vs ATI Radeon E4690

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 and ATI Radeon E4690 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

ATI Radeon E4690

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1464 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 43.9 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 480 vs 320
3.7x better floating-point performance: 1,405.4 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.5x more maximum memory size: 1280 MB vs 512 MB
Around 36% higher memory clock speed: 1900 MHz (3800 data rate) vs 1400 MHz
9.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3928 vs 405
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 473 vs 347
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3325 vs 3302
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3325 vs 3302

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 December 2010 vs 1 June 2009
Core clock speed	1464 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.9 billion / sec vs 19.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,405.4 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1280 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz (3800 data rate) vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3928 vs 405
PassMark - G2D Mark	473 vs 347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325 vs 3302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325 vs 3302

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon E4690

7.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 219 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 219 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
GPU 2: ATI Radeon E4690

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3928

405

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

473

347

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

3302

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3325

3302

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570	ATI Radeon E4690
PassMark - G3D Mark	3928	405
PassMark - G2D Mark	473	347
Geekbench - OpenCL	13352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	736.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	40.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	122.953
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325	3302
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325	3302
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570	ATI Radeon E4690
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GF110	RV730
Launch date	7 December 2010	1 June 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	728	729
Price now	$99.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	48.11
Technical info
Core clock speed	1464 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	480
Floating-point performance	1,405.4 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	480	320
Texture fill rate	43.9 billion / sec	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	219 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	152.0 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz (3800 data rate)	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround