AMD Radeon HD 6570 vs ATI FireGL V8650
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Thames | R600 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Thames XTX | R600 V8650 (215RGIDKA13FG) |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | TeraScale |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 720 million |
| Die size | 104 mm² | 420 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Feb 7th, 2011 | Aug 6th, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Northern Islands | FireGL |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 7 in our database | 5 in our database |
| Predecessor | Evergreen | — |
| Successor | Southern Islands | — |
| Launch price | — | 2,799 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 688 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective | 868 MHz 1736 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR4 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 512 bit |
| Bandwidth | 16.00 GB/s | 111.1 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 480 | 320 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 24 | 16 |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| Compute units | 6 | 4 |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 256 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 5.200 GPixel/s | 11.01 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 15.60 GTexel/s | 11.01 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 624.0 GFLOPS | 440.3 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | 254 mm 10 inches |
| TDP | 44 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Board number | C239 | B313 |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 10.0 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
