GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 vs Radeon R7 360

Place in the ranking	512	544
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.09	0.98
Power efficiency	5.57	2.24
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Tobago	GF110
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	18 June 2015 (9 years ago)	7 December 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 360 has 317% better value for money than GTX 570 Rev. 2.

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	768	480
Core clock speed	no data	732 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,080 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	219 Watt
Texture fill rate	50.40	43.92
Floating-point processing power	1.613 TFLOPS	1.405 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	40
TMUs	48	60

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 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	165 mm	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire	+	-

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1280 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	950 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	152.0 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 DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
Mantle	+	-
CUDA	-	2.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	8.05	7.08
Recency	18 June 2015	7 December 2010
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1280 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	219 Watt

R7 360 has a 13.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 119% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 360 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.