AMD Radeon HD 6570 vs ATI FireGL 9600 T2-64S
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Thames | RV350 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Thames XTX | RV350 GL |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Rage 8 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 130 nm |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 60 million |
| Die size | 104 mm² | 76 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Feb 7th, 2011 | Oct 1st, 2003 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Northern Islands | FireGL |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Reviews | 7 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Evergreen | — |
| Successor | Southern Islands | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 324 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective | 203 MHz 406 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 64 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 16.00 GB/s | 6.496 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 480 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 24 | 4 |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| Compute units | 6 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 4 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 5.200 GPixel/s | 1.296 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 15.60 GTexel/s | 1.296 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 624.0 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 162.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | — |
| TDP | 44 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | 1x LFH60 |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | C239 | A124 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0 (9_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0 |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0 |
