NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP vs ATI Radeon HD 4570

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP 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, Memory, Technologies, API support.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 58% higher core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 11x more texture fill rate: 57.02 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
  • 9.6x more pipelines: 768 vs 80
  • 17.5x better floating-point performance: 1,825 gflops vs 104 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 6.6x more memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Launch date 1 March 2016 vs 25 November 2008
Core clock speed 1024 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 57.02 GTexel / s vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 80
Floating-point performance 1,825 gflops vs 104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4570

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 LP ATI Radeon HD 4570

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GM206 RV710
Launch date 1 March 2016 25 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $159
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1188 MHz
Core clock speed 1024 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,825 gflops 104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 768 80
Texture fill rate 57.02 GTexel / s 5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 2,940 million 242 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 202 mm 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 105.8 GB / s 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR2

Technologies

CUDA

API support

DirectX 10.1
OpenGL 3.3