ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 vs GeForce GT 230

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1133not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.78no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG94BPinewood
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 October 2009 (15 years ago)23 November 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$43.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores48400
Core clock speed650 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors505 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate15.6011.00
Floating-point processing power0.156 TFLOPS0.44 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs2420

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s25.6 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2009 23 November 2012
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 20 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5570 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 230 and Mobility Radeon HD 5570. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 230 is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 5570 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
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