ATI Radeon HD 4570
AMD graphics card specifications and benchmark scores
At a Glance
AMDATI Radeon HD 4570 Specifications
ATI Radeon HD 4570 GPU Core
Shader units and compute resources
The ATI Radeon HD 4570 GPU core specifications define its raw processing power for graphics and compute workloads. Shading units (also called CUDA cores, stream processors, or execution units depending on manufacturer) handle the parallel calculations required for rendering. TMUs (Texture Mapping Units) process texture data, while ROPs (Render Output Units) handle final pixel output. Higher shader counts generally translate to better GPU benchmark performance, especially in demanding games and 3D applications.
ATI Radeon HD 4570 Clock Speeds
GPU and memory frequencies
Clock speeds directly impact the ATI Radeon HD 4570's performance in GPU benchmarks and real-world gaming. The base clock represents the minimum guaranteed frequency, while the boost clock indicates peak performance under optimal thermal conditions. Memory clock speed affects texture loading and frame buffer operations. The ATI Radeon HD 4570 by AMD dynamically adjusts frequencies based on workload, temperature, and power limits to maximize performance while maintaining stability.
AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4570 Memory
VRAM capacity and bandwidth
VRAM (Video RAM) is dedicated memory for storing textures, frame buffers, and shader data. The ATI Radeon HD 4570's memory capacity determines how well it handles high-resolution textures and multiple displays. Memory bandwidth, measured in GB/s, affects how quickly data moves between the GPU and VRAM. Higher bandwidth improves performance in memory-intensive scenarios like 4K gaming. The memory bus width and type (GDDR6, GDDR6X, HBM) significantly influence overall GPU benchmark scores.
ATI Radeon HD 4570 by AMD Cache
On-chip cache hierarchy
On-chip cache provides ultra-fast data access for the ATI Radeon HD 4570, reducing the need to fetch data from slower VRAM. L1 and L2 caches store frequently accessed data close to the compute units. AMD's Infinity Cache (L3) dramatically increases effective bandwidth, improving GPU benchmark performance without requiring wider memory buses. Larger cache sizes help maintain high frame rates in memory-bound scenarios and reduce power consumption by minimizing VRAM accesses.
ATI Radeon HD 4570 Theoretical Performance
Compute and fill rates
Theoretical performance metrics provide a baseline for comparing the ATI Radeon HD 4570 against other graphics cards. FP32 (single-precision) performance, measured in TFLOPS, indicates compute capability for gaming and general GPU workloads. FP64 (double-precision) matters for scientific computing. Pixel and texture fill rates determine how quickly the GPU can render complex scenes. While real-world GPU benchmark results depend on many factors, these specifications help predict relative performance levels.
TeraScale Architecture & Process
Manufacturing and design details
The ATI Radeon HD 4570 is built on AMD's TeraScale architecture, which defines how the GPU processes graphics and compute workloads. The manufacturing process node affects power efficiency, thermal characteristics, and maximum clock speeds. Smaller process nodes pack more transistors into the same die area, enabling higher performance per watt. Understanding the architecture helps predict how the ATI Radeon HD 4570 will perform in GPU benchmarks compared to previous generations.
AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4570 Power & Thermal
TDP and power requirements
Power specifications for the ATI Radeon HD 4570 determine PSU requirements and thermal management needs. TDP (Thermal Design Power) indicates the heat output under typical loads, guiding cooler selection. Power connector requirements ensure adequate power delivery for stable operation during demanding GPU benchmarks. The suggested PSU wattage accounts for the entire system, not just the graphics card. Efficient power delivery enables the ATI Radeon HD 4570 to maintain boost clocks without throttling.
ATI Radeon HD 4570 by AMD Physical & Connectivity
Dimensions and outputs
Physical dimensions of the ATI Radeon HD 4570 are critical for case compatibility. Card length, height, and slot width determine whether it fits in your chassis. The PCIe interface version affects bandwidth for communication with the CPU. Display outputs define monitor connectivity options, with modern cards supporting multiple high-resolution displays simultaneously. Verify these specifications against your case and motherboard before purchasing to ensure a proper fit.
AMD API Support
Graphics and compute APIs
API support determines which games and applications can fully utilize the ATI Radeon HD 4570. DirectX 12 Ultimate enables advanced features like ray tracing and variable rate shading. Vulkan provides cross-platform graphics capabilities with low-level hardware access. OpenGL remains important for professional applications and older games. CUDA (NVIDIA) and OpenCL enable GPU compute for video editing, 3D rendering, and scientific applications. Higher API versions unlock newer graphical features in GPU benchmarks and games.
ATI Radeon HD 4570 Product Information
Release and pricing details
The ATI Radeon HD 4570 is manufactured by AMD as part of their graphics card lineup. Release date and launch pricing provide context for comparing GPU benchmark results with competing products from the same era. Understanding the product lifecycle helps evaluate whether the ATI Radeon HD 4570 by AMD represents good value at current market prices. Predecessor and successor information aids in tracking generational improvements and planning future upgrades.
ATI Radeon HD 4570 Benchmark Scores
No benchmark data available for this GPU.
About ATI Radeon HD 4570
The ATI Radeon HD 4570 is a 55 nm TeraScale architecture part built by TSMC, featuring 242 million transistors on a 73 mm² die. It was released in November 2008 as part of the Radeon R700 (HD 4500) generation, positioned between the Radeon R600 predecessor and the Evergreen successor. This entry-level card carries 80 shading units, 8 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs, with a 1024 MB DDR2 memory pool on a 64-bit bus delivering 8.000 GB/s of bandwidth. The card operates at a 500 MHz memory clock (1000 Mbps effective), and the benchmark percentile data places it at the 50th percentile against all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of zero, indicating it occupies a strictly baseline performance tier.
Benchmark Performance
The Radeon HD 4570’s benchmark data is sparse, with no raw scores recorded in the fact pack—its average benchmark score is listed as 0, and the nearestRivals array is empty. This absence of comparative data means the card’s performance cannot be quantified against specific competitors using percentage deltas or score differentials. However, the 50th percentile ranking against all GPUs is informative: it suggests that the HD 4570 sits exactly at the median of the entire GPU landscape, neither outperforming half of all graphics cards nor falling behind the other half. In practical terms, this is a modest placement for a card from the late 2000s, reflecting its design as a low-power, basic 3D accelerator rather than a gaming-oriented part.
The underlying specifications reinforce this mid-pack percentile. With 104.0 GFLOPS of FP32 compute, 2.600 GPixel/s pixel fill rate, and 5.200 GTexel/s texture fill rate, the HD 4570 delivers raw throughput that is characteristic of an entry-level solution from its era. The 8.000 GB/s memory bandwidth, constrained by the 64-bit bus and DDR2 memory type, further caps performance in memory-intensive workloads. The pixel rate of 2.600 GPixel/s and texture rate of 5.200 GTexel/s are low by modern standards, but they align with the card’s 25 W TDP and single-slot design, indicating a deliberate trade-off between power efficiency and absolute speed. Benchmark results, where they exist, would likely show the card trailing any discrete GPU from subsequent generations by significant margins, but without rival scores in the fact pack, such comparisons remain qualitative.
The absence of benchmark entries also means no clock-speed scaling data or thermal throttling behavior is available. The card’s 500 MHz memory clock is the only frequency listed, and no base or boost clocks for the core are provided. This lack of clock data, combined with zero benchmark scores, makes it impossible to calculate frame-rate estimates or compute performance per watt figures. The 50th percentile ranking is the sole quantitative performance anchor, and it should be interpreted with caution given the zero average score—likely indicating that the card was either not widely benchmarked or performed too poorly to register meaningful results in the database’s scoring system.
How It Compares
The fact pack lists no nearest rivals for the Radeon HD 4570, which means there are no direct competitor names, scores, or deltaPct values to reference. This absence is itself a statement about the card’s positioning: it occupied a niche so low in the performance hierarchy that the database does not associate it with any peer GPUs. In the absence of rival data, the comparison must rely on the card’s internal specifications and its percentile placement. The 50th percentile against all GPUs suggests it was roughly average among every card ever tracked, but given the age and architecture (TeraScale, 55 nm), this is likely skewed by the inclusion of many older and equally modest parts.
Without rival scores, one cannot say the HD 4570 is 10% or 30% ahead of or behind any specific product. The only defensible statement is that it performs at the median of all GPUs, per the percentile field. The card’s 80 shading units and 4 ROPs are half of what many mid-range contemporaries offered, and its 64-bit memory bus is a clear bottleneck indicator. The Radeon R700 generation, to which it belongs, was AMD’s mainstream lineup, and the HD 4570 sat at the bottom of that stack, below higher-tier parts with more shaders and wider buses. Its successor, Evergreen, would later bring architectural improvements, but no quantitative comparison is possible from the provided data.
The lack of rivals also means no pricing, performance-per-dollar, or efficiency comparisons can be drawn. The card’s 25 W TDP is remarkably low, but without rival TDPs in the fact pack, it cannot be framed as better or worse than alternatives. The 50th percentile is a global statement, not a relative one, so it offers no granularity for segment-specific analysis. In short, the HD 4570 exists in a comparative vacuum within this database, and any attempt to position it against peers would require external data that violates the rules of this analysis.
Ray Tracing and Feature Set
The Radeon HD 4570 does not include any ray tracing cores or tensor cores—both fields are null in the fact pack. This is expected for a 2008-era TeraScale architecture, which predates dedicated RT hardware by over a decade. The card’s feature set is instead defined by its API support and display outputs. It supports DirectX 10.1 (with a feature level of 10_1) and OpenGL 3.3, but no Vulkan support is listed. DirectX 10.1 was a minor revision over DirectX 10, adding features like improved shader model 4.1 and better anti-aliasing support, but it was quickly superseded by DirectX 11. The OpenGL 3.3 support is similarly dated, limiting compatibility with modern OpenGL applications that require version 4.x or higher.
The display output configuration includes 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a, and 1x DisplayPort 1.0. This trio of outputs was forward-looking for its time, as DisplayPort was still gaining adoption in 2008. The HDMI 1.3a standard supports 1080p video and 8-channel audio, making the card suitable for home theater use. The DisplayPort 1.0 output allows for higher resolutions and refresh rates than DVI in some configurations, though the card’s modest compute capabilities limit its ability to drive demanding displays. The absence of tensor cores means no AI-accelerated features like DLSS or AI denoising, and the lack of RT cores means no hardware-accelerated ray tracing—both are irrelevant for a card of this vintage but worth stating for completeness.
The card’s 80 shading units operate in a TeraScale architecture, which uses a VLIW5 design—a very long instruction word approach that was AMD’s standard before Graphics Core Next. This architecture handles vertex and pixel shading through unified shaders, but it lacks the dedicated compute capabilities of later GPUs. The 8 TMUs and 4 ROPs are minimal, limiting texture filtering and pixel output rates. For API-level features, the card supports DirectX 10.1’s optional features like per-pixel lighting and advanced shadow mapping, but it cannot run DirectX 11 titles that require hardware tessellation or compute shaders. OpenGL 3.3 support is sufficient for many older games and productivity apps, but modern OpenGL 4.6 applications will not run.
FAQ
Q: What is the memory configuration of the ATI Radeon HD 4570?
A: The card has 1024 MB of DDR2 memory on a 64-bit bus, with a bandwidth of 8.000 GB/s and a memory clock of 500 MHz (1000 Mbps effective).
Q: Does the HD 4570 support DirectX 12 or Vulkan?
A: No. The card supports DirectX 10.1 (feature level 10_1) and OpenGL 3.3. Vulkan is not supported, and DirectX 12 is not listed in the API specifications.
Q: What is the power requirement for this card?
A: The TDP is 25 W, and the suggested PSU rating is 200 W. The card requires no external power connectors, drawing all power from the PCIe 2.0 x16 slot.
Q: What display outputs are available on the HD 4570?
A: The card provides 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a, and 1x DisplayPort 1.0 outputs, allowing connection to multiple display types.
Q: How many shading units does the HD 4570 have?
A: It has 80 shading units, 8 texture mapping units (TMUs), and 4 render output units (ROPs).
Q: Is hardware ray tracing supported?
A: No. The HD 4570 has zero ray tracing cores and zero tensor cores, as it predates such hardware by many years.
Power and Cooling
The Radeon HD 4570 is exceptionally power-efficient, with a TDP of just 25 W. This low power draw is a direct result of its 55 nm process node and modest specifications—80 shaders, 4 ROPs, and a 64-bit memory interface. The card’s thermal design allows it to be cooled by a passive or low-profile active solution, and it occupies a single slot in a chassis. The physical dimensions are 168 mm in length (6.6 inches), which is compact and suitable for small form factor systems. The card requires no external power connectors, drawing all its power from the PCIe 2.0 x16 slot, which is rated to supply up to 75 W—more than enough headroom for the 25 W TDP.
The suggested power supply rating is 200 W, which is a conservative recommendation that accounts for other system components like the CPU, motherboard, and drives. For a system with a typical dual-core CPU and a few hard drives, a 200 W PSU is adequate. The absence of power connectors simplifies installation: users plug the card into the PCIe slot and it is ready to go. The single-slot design further eases compatibility, as it does not block adjacent slots in most motherboards. Cooling is straightforward given the 25 W heat output—a small heatsink with a low-speed fan or even a passive heatsink in a well-ventilated case would suffice.
The 55 nm manufacturing process by TSMC contributes to the low power envelope, and the 242 million transistor count on a 73 mm² die yields a transistor density of 3.3M per mm², which is modest by modern standards but was typical for its era. The card’s end-of-life production status means it is no longer manufactured, but its power characteristics remain relevant for legacy system builds or retro computing projects. The PCIe 2.0 x16 interface is backward compatible with PCIe 3.0 and 4.0 slots, so the card can be installed in modern motherboards, though its performance would be a bottleneck. The 200 W PSU recommendation is a floor, not a ceiling; larger PSUs are compatible, but the card will never draw more than its 25 W TDP.
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