GeForce GTX 570M vs Radeon E8860

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 570M and Radeon E8860, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 570M stacks up against Radeon E8860, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 570M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 570M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 570M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 570M Radeon E8860
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 37 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 570M has 102% more power consumption, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce GTX 570M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon E8860 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 570M has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce GTX 570M is used in Laptops, and Radeon E8860 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 570M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon E8860 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Both graphics cards have the same core clock speed.
  • GeForce GTX 570M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon E8860 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon E8860 is 3000 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 570M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 7−8
ultra / 1080p 6−7 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 18−20
medium / 1080p 12−14 9−10
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 570M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Radeon E8860.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 570M Radeon E8860
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name N12E-GT Venus
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 28 June 2011 25 January 2014
Pipelines 336 640
Core clock speed 575 MHz 575 MHz
Boost Clock 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 32.2 billion/sec 25.00
Floating-point performance 772.8 gflops 800.0 gflops
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72.0 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 API 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 336
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
SLI options +
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s 48 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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