ATI Radeon X800 vs HD 6570

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	993	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.07	no data
Power efficiency	1.64	no data
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name	Turks	R430
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	19 April 2011 (13 years ago)	1 October 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	480	no data
Core clock speed	no data	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	650 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	716 million	160 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.60	4.800
Floating-point processing power	0.624 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	12
TMUs	24	12

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).

Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	350 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	22.4 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire	+	-
UVD	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	-	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 April 2011	1 October 2004
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	30 Watt

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