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Radeon HD 3470 512MB vs Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB

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The Radeon HD 3470 512MB features a core clock speed of 800 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 950 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 40(8x5) SPUs, 4 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB, which has GPU core speed of 650 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 480 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB should be 111% quicker than the Radeon HD 3470 512MB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB 64000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 3470 512MB 30400 MB/sec
Difference: 33600 (111%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB should be a lot (approximately 388%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 3470 512MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB 15600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3470 512MB 3200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 12400 (388%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB will be quite a bit (about 63%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon HD 3470 512MB, and should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB 5200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 3470 512MB 3200 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 2000 (63%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

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Model Radeon HD 3470 512MB Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year 2008 February 2011
Code Name RV620 PRO Turks
Memory 512 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 800 MHz 650 MHz
Memory Speed 1900 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) (Unknown) watts 50 watts
Bandwidth 30400 MB/sec 64000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 3200 Mtexels/sec 15600 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 3200 Mpixels/sec 5200 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 40(8x5) 480
Texture Mapping Units 4 24
Render Output Units 4 8
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 40 nm
Transistors (Unknown) million 715 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.1 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

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Radeon HD 3470 512MB

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Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

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