ATI Radeon HD 3570 vs GeForce 9600M GS
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1310 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.17 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | G96C | RV620 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 June 2008 (16 years ago) | 5 July 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 32 | 40 |
| Core clock speed | 103 MHz | 796 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 181 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.880 | 3.184 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0688 TFLOPS | 0.06368 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 16 | 4 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | MXM-II | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 495 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 7.92 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DisplayPort |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 June 2008 | 5 July 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 30 Watt |
9600M GS has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 50% lower power consumption.
ATI HD 3570, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9600M GS and Radeon HD 3570. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9600M GS is a notebook card while Radeon HD 3570 is a desktop one.
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