ATI Radeon SDR vs GeForce GTX 570M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking635not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.46no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameGF114Rage 6
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date28 June 2011 (13 years ago)1 June 2000 (24 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 cores336no data
Core clock speed575 MHz166 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million30 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate32.201
Floating-point processing power0.7728 TFLOPSno data
ROPs242
TMUs566

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5SDR
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB32 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth72.0 GB/s2.656 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API7.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2011 1 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 32 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 23 Watt

GTX 570M has an age advantage of 11 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

ATI SDR, on the other hand, has 226.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 570M and Radeon SDR. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 570M is a notebook card while Radeon SDR is a desktop one.


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