ATI Radeon HD 5570 OEM vs ATI Xpress 1250
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | R400 (2004−2008) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | RS690 | Redwood |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 28 February 2007 (17 years ago) | 9 February 2010 (14 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 cores | 4 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 400 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 120 million | 627 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 39 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.600 | 8.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.352 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 4 | 16 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 165 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 667 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 21.34 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0b (9_2) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 February 2007 | 9 February 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 40 nm |
ATI HD 5570 OEM has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Xpress 1250 and Radeon HD 5570 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Xpress 1250 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 5570 OEM is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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