GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon HD 7850
Summary
GeForce GTX 570
100%
Radeon HD 7850
116%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 570
101%
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 570 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7850 |
| 89 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 570 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 570 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-275-A1) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 480 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 15 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 732 MHz | vs | 860 MHz |
| ROPs | 40 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 60 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 570 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 320 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 950 MHz
3800 MHz effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1280 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 570 | | Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|
| TDP | 219 watts | vs | 130 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Dec 2010 | vs | 5 Mar 2012 |
GeForce GTX 570
22.00 GP/s
Radeon HD 7850
27.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 570
43.90 GT/s
Radeon HD 7850
55.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 570
152.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 7850
154.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 570
1405.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7850
1761.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 570
5860
Radeon HD 7850
6820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 570
34
Radeon HD 7850
41
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 570
37
Radeon HD 7850
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 570
31
Radeon HD 7850
27
FPS (higher is better)