NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 vs ATI Radeon X1550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 and ATI Radeon X1550 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 X1550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1464 MHz vs 600 MHz
18.3x more texture fill rate: 43.9 billion / sec vs 2.4 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
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1900 MHz (3800 data rate) vs 800 MHz
58.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3931 vs 67
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 475 vs 253

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 December 2010 vs 1 January 2007
Core clock speed	1464 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.9 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1280 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz (3800 data rate) vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3931 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark	475 vs 253

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

8.1x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 219 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 219 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3931

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

475

253

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570	ATI Radeon X1550
PassMark - G3D Mark	3931	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	475	253
Geekbench - OpenCL	13443
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3668
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570	ATI Radeon X1550
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	R500
Code name	GF110	RV515
Launch date	7 December 2010	1 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	708	711
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
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	480
Texture fill rate	43.9 billion / sec	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	219 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	152.0 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	320 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz (3800 data rate)	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround