NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M vs NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M and NVIDIA GeForce 305M 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M

NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
7.7x more texture fill rate: 32.2 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
21x more pipelines: 336 vs 16
21x better floating-point performance: 772.8 gflops vs 36.8 gflops
12.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1877 vs 151
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 364 vs 149
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5696 vs 1987

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2011 vs 10 January 2010
Texture fill rate	32.2 billion / sec vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	336 vs 16
Floating-point performance	772.8 gflops vs 36.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1877 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark	364 vs 149
Geekbench - OpenCL	5696 vs 1987

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 305M

2x more core clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 575 MHz
5.4x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 75 Watt

Core clock speed	1150 MHz vs 575 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 305M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1877

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

364

149

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5696

1987

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M	NVIDIA GeForce 305M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1877	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	364	149
Geekbench - OpenCL	5696	1987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.911
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	533.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.681
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.229
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	66.187
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	475
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	657
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	475
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	657

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M	NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF114	GT218
Launch date	28 June 2011	10 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1353	1356
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	1150 MHz
CUDA cores	336	16
Floating-point performance	772.8 gflops	36.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	336	16
Texture fill rate	32.2 billion / sec	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	260 million
Gigaflops		55
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.1
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	72.0 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI
HybridPower
Power management		8.0