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AMD Radeon HD 6570

Graphics Processor
Thames
Cores
480
TMUs
24
ROPs
8
Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The Radeon HD 6570 was a graphics card by AMD, launched on February 7th, 2011. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the Thames graphics processor, in its Thames M2 XTX variant, the card supports DirectX 11.2. The Thames graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 118 mm² and 716 million transistors. It features 480 shading units, 24 texture mapping units, and 8 ROPs. AMD has paired 1,024 MB GDDR3 memory with the Radeon HD 6570, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 650 MHz, memory is running at 500 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the AMD Radeon HD 6570 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 44 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a, 1x VGA. Radeon HD 6570 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface. The card measures 168 mm in length, and features a single-slot cooling solution.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Thames
GPU Variant
Thames M2 XTX
(216-0833132)
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
Transistors
716 million
Density
6.1M / mm²
Die Size
118 mm²
Chip Package
FCBGA-631/962

Graphics Card

Release Date
Feb 7th, 2011
Generation
Northern Islands
(HD 6500)
Predecessor
Evergreen
Successor
Southern Islands
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Reviews
7 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
18%
GeForce 9400 GT
23%
Radeon HD 4550
29%
Radeon HD 5450
37%
Radeon HD 6450
43%
GeForce GT 520
46%
GeForce GT 220
56%
GeForce GT 430
74%
Radeon HD 5570
75%
Radeon HD 4670
81%
GeForce GT 440
86%
GeForce GT 240
87%
Radeon HD 6570
100%
GeForce 9600 GT
100%
Radeon HD 5670
107%
GeForce GT 640
114%
GeForce 9800 GT
118%
Radeon HD 6670
123%
Radeon HD 4830
127%
Radeon HD 4770
136%
Radeon HD 4850
143%
GeForce GTS 250
146%
GeForce GTS 450
151%
Radeon HD 5750
156%
Radeon HD 7750
178%
Radeon HD 5770
179%
GeForce GTX 260
182%
Radeon HD 4870
185%
Radeon Vega 8
185%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
187%
GeForce GTX 650
189%
Radeon HD 5830
200%
Radeon HD 6790
210%
Radeon HD 4890
213%
GeForce GTX 460
221%
Radeon RX Vega 11
223%
GeForce GT 1030
225%
GeForce GTX 275
227%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
228%
GeForce GTX 280
228%
GeForce GTX 465
233%
Radeon HD 6850
244%
GeForce GTX 285
249%
Radeon HD 5850
267%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
272%
Radeon HD 7790
272%
Radeon RX 550
283%
GeForce GTX 470
284%
Radeon HD 6870
294%
Radeon HD 5870
314%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
324%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
325%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
331%
Radeon HD 6950
333%
GeForce GTX 295
345%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
349%
Radeon HD 7850
351%
GeForce GTX 480
357%
Radeon HD 6970
374%
Radeon R7 265
381%
Radeon RX 460
387%
Radeon R7 370
387%
GeForce GTX 660
389%
GeForce GTX 570
390%
Radeon RX 560
396%
GeForce GTX 950
421%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
425%
Radeon R9 270X
435%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
440%
GeForce GTX 580
442%
GeForce GTX 1050
446%
Radeon HD 7950
447%
GeForce GTX 1630
455%
Radeon HD 5970
456%
GeForce GTX 760
469%
GeForce GTX 670
504%
GeForce GTX 960
517%
Radeon R9 380
531%
Radeon R9 285
534%
Radeon HD 7970
539%
GeForce GTX 680
545%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
557%
GeForce GTX 770
572%
Radeon HD 6990
585%
Radeon R9 280X
599%
GeForce GTX 590
608%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
608%
GeForce GTX 780
674%
Arc A380
675%
Radeon RX 6400
684%
GeForce GTX 1650
698%
Radeon RX 470
741%
Radeon R9 290
752%
Radeon RX 570
792%
Radeon R9 390
802%
Radeon R9 290X
806%
GeForce GTX 970
817%
GeForce GTX TITAN
828%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
839%
Radeon R9 390X
851%
Radeon HD 7990
855%
Radeon RX 480
859%
GeForce GTX 690
866%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
889%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
901%
Radeon RX 580
912%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
920%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
927%
GeForce GTX 980
931%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
939%
Radeon R9 FURY
943%
Radeon RX 590
985%
Radeon R9 295X2
1038%
GeForce GTX 1660
1043%
Radeon R9 FURY X
1056%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
1073%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
1101%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
1134%
GeForce GTX 1070
1198%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
1198%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
1217%
Radeon RX Vega 56
1275%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
1353%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
1373%
Radeon RX Vega 64
1391%
GeForce GTX 1080
1410%
GeForce RTX 2060
1410%
Radeon RX 5700
1468%
Arc A580
1472%
Radeon RX 6600
1533%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
1584%
GeForce RTX 2070
1605%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
1606%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
1638%
Arc A750
1691%
Radeon VII
1700%
TITAN X Pascal
1744%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
1762%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
1797%
Arc A770
1815%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
1816%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
1910%
Radeon RX 7600
1932%
GeForce RTX 4060
1941%
GeForce RTX 2080
1954%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
1993%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
2048%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
2098%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
2172%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
2305%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
2330%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
2348%
GeForce RTX 3070
2457%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
2629%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
2657%
Radeon RX 6800
2708%
GeForce RTX 4070
3001%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
3076%
GeForce RTX 3080
3193%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
3225%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
3315%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
3481%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
3548%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
3577%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
3582%
GeForce RTX 3090
3644%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
3736%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
4082%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
4192%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
4228%
GeForce RTX 4080
4746%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
4817%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
4863%
GeForce RTX 4090
5963%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
650 MHz
Memory Clock
500 MHz
1000 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
16.00 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
480
TMUs
24
ROPs
8
Compute Units
6
L1 Cache
8 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
256 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
5.200 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
15.60 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
624.0 GFLOPS

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
Length
168 mm
6.6 inches
TDP
44 W
Suggested PSU
200 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x HDMI 1.3a
1x VGA
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
C239

Graphics Features

DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
Shader Model
5.0

Card Notes

Memory Variant: 2048 MB GDDR5

Thames GPU Notes

Generation: Northern Islands
Desktop Variant: Turks
Mobile Variant: Whistler
Graphics/Compute: GFX4
Display Core Engine: 5.0
Unified Video Decoder: 3.1

Retail boards based on this design (1)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
650 MHz 667 MHz 2 GB
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