GeForce2 Go vs Radeon HD 8570 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameOlandNV11 B2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 January 2013 (11 years ago)11 November 2000 (23 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed730 MHz143 MHz
Boost clock speed780 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million20 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt2 Watt
Texture fill rate18.720.57
Floating-point processing power0.599 TFLOPSno data
ROPs82
TMUs244

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 3.0 x8AGP 4x
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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB64 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s5.312 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGANo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)7.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.2
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2013 11 November 2000
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 2 Watt

HD 8570 OEM has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce2 Go, on the other hand, has 2400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8570 OEM and GeForce2 Go. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8570 OEM is a desktop card while GeForce2 Go is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon HD 8570 OEM
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