ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570

The ATI Mobilty Radeon HD 4570 from AMD is a DirectX 10.1 lower to mid range notebook graphics adapter. Technically it is a faster clocked Mobility Radeon 4530/4330. The successor Mobility Radeon HD 5450 features the same performance at a lower power consumption and DirectX11 capabilities.

AMD specifies a slow 64 Bit memory bus, but some GPU-Z variants state a 128 Bit bus (this is an error in the GPU-Z database).

The gaming performance of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 should be very similar to the desktop HD 4550 which features similar specifications. Modern and demanding games of 2009 like COD MW 2 or Risen only run in low details and resolutions fluently. Some may not even run fluently at all (e.g. Crysis and NFS Shift depending on the CPU). Older or less demanding games like Left 4 Dead should even run in high detail settings. More information can be found in the gaming benchmark section below.

The Mobility HD 4570 is based on the RV710 chip and features 80 stream processors (16 5-dimensional shader cores). These cores do the graphic work of the shader- and pixel pipelines of older GPUs. The stream processors are also called ALUs and are grouped in five-way VLIW units. Each of the five instructions of a VLIW bundle has to be independent from the others and therefore the performance depends on the optimization of the driver.

A speciality of the Radeon HD 4570 is the possibility to use ordinary DDR2 and DDR3 graphic memory (as a cheaper alternative to GDDR3). However, cards that use that kind of memory will be slower than others equipped with GDDR RAM.

The Mobility Radeon HD 4570 includes the Avivo HD called video technology including an onboard soundchip for 7.1 sound output over HDMI or DisplayPort and the 2nd generation UVD (Unified Video Decoder). This UVD 2 supports full bitstream decoding of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and VC-1 streams. In addition to this, it also supports dual video stream decoding and Picture-in Picture mode which makes the UVD full BD-Live compliant. Simplified, the Avivo HD technology handles all video tasks and enables the GPU to decode HD videos.

AMD published a power consumtion of about 12-15 Watt for the HD 4570. Still it is unclear if this value represents the chip alone or the whole mxm board including the memory (which would include about 5 Watt).

Compared to the desktop ATI Radeon HD 4550, the mobile 4570 features a higher core clock (680 versus 600) and therefore performs a bit better than the desktop 4550 (if the notebook manufacturer uses GDDR3 memory).

ManufacturerATI
Mobility Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series

Mobility Radeon HD 4570 80@680MHz

Mobility Radeon HD 4550 80@550MHz

Mobility Radeon HD 4530 80@500MHz

Mobility Radeon HD 4350 80@450MHz

CodenameM92-XT
Pipelines80 - unified
Core Speed *680 MHz
Shader Speed *680 MHz
Memory Speed *800 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
Transistors242 Million
technology55 nm
FeaturesOpenGL 2.0, PCI-E 2.0 x16, Powerplay, DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600, HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio), 1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI, 1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
Notebook Sizesmall and light
Date of Announcement09.01.2009
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://ati.amd.com/products/MobilityRade...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 11199     avg: 16655.6 (27%)     max: 22883 Points
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 7546     avg: 9407.5 (9%)     max: 11627 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 5638     avg: 6754.6 (21%)     max: 8017 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 2654     avg: 3475.4 (13%)     max: 4593 Points
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 2322     avg: 3644.4 (17%)     max: 5145 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU
0% 100%
min: 4.1     avg: 4.7 (69%)     max: 5 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU Games
0% 100%
min: 4.8     avg: 5.1 (75%)     max: 5.3 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 2486     avg: 3623.2 (33%)     max: 4618 Points
3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 805     avg: 1081.8 (4%)     max: 1175 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 637     avg: 852.7 (3%)     max: 935 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - 3ds Max 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 7.64     avg: 7.8 (16%)     max: 7.93 fps
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Catia 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 7.05     avg: 7.8 (16%)     max: 8.54 fps
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - EnSight 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 7.7     avg: 8.4 (18%)     max: 9.02 fps
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Maya 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 11.5     avg: 12.6 (7%)     max: 13.73 fps
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Pro/Engeneer 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 5.2     avg: 6 (12%)     max: 6.79 fps
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SolidWorks 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 10.87     avg: 12.3 (18%)     max: 13.67 fps
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS Teamcenter 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 2.59     avg: 2.8 (7%)     max: 2.97 fps
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS NX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 5.25     avg: 6.4 (13%)     max: 7.64 fps
Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics
0% 100%
min: 4.1     avg: 4.5 (57%)     max: 4.9 points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics
0% 100%
min: 5.9     avg: 6.1 (77%)     max: 6.3 points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

CoD Modern Warfare 2
CoD Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
low:
78.7 82.8 ~ 81 fps      Compare
med.:
18.8 20.6 ~ 20 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Risen
Risen (2009)
low:
37.2 42.8 ~ 40 fps      Compare
med.:
16.8 19.8 ~ 18 fps      Compare
high:
10.7  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Resident Evil 5 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Need for Speed Shift
Need for Speed Shift (2009)
low:
27.9 32.7 ~ 30 fps      Compare
med.:
15 21.3 ~ 18 fps      Compare
high:
11.7  fps      Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Colin McRae: DIRT 2
Colin McRae: DIRT 2 (2009)
low:
41.4  fps      Compare
med.:
25.6  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Anno 1404
Anno 1404 (2009)
low:
50.9 77.1 96.5 ~ 75 fps      Compare
ultra:
8 11 ~ 10 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
ArmA 2 (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Sims 3
Sims 3 (2009)
low:
133.5 232.8 ~ 183 fps      Compare
med.:
33.8 59.1 ~ 46 fps      Compare
high:
32.1  fps      Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
F.E.A.R. 2
F.E.A.R. 2 (2009)
low:
58.2 69.3 75.6 89.3 117.4 124.8 ~ 89 fps      Compare
med.:
28.9 30.8 31.7 35.2 35.8 36.5 43.6 ~ 35 fps      Compare
high:
15.2 22.4 ~ 19 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead (2008)
low:
94.3  fps      Compare
high:
48.3  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Far Cry 2 (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Racedriver: GRID
Racedriver: GRID (2008)
low:
63.4 64.8 67.1 71.9 77.7 ~ 69 fps      Compare
med.:
28.4 34.4 34.5 34.7 35 ~ 33 fps      Compare
high:
18.5  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Trackmania Nations Forever (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)
low:
63.4 64.1 103.8 170.5 ~ 100 fps      Compare
med.:
28.4 30.5 36.7 37.1 43.6 ~ 35 fps      Compare
high:
24.1 30.2 ~ 27 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Supreme Commander - FA Bench
Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)
med.:
18.5  fps      Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Crysis - GPU Benchmark
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
29.4 42.3 ~ 36 fps      Compare
med.:
21.1 22.7 ~ 22 fps      Compare
high:
11.9  fps      Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
33.2 41.4 ~ 37 fps      Compare
med.:
17.2 19.4 ~ 18 fps      Compare
high:
9.4  fps      Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
World in Conflict - Benchmark
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
med.:
22  fps      Compare
high:
10  fps      Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Command and Conquer III (2007): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Call of Juarez Benchmark
Call of Juarez Benchmark (2006)
high:
12.9  fps      Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion
The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion (2006)
high:
40.5  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
144 171 ~ 158 fps      Compare
med.:
66 68 ~ 67 fps      Compare
high:
23 35 ~ 29 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft (2005)
low:
121.5 185 209.7 ~ 172 fps      Compare
med.:
47.2 52 56.9 57.5 ~ 53 fps      Compare
high:
10.9 13.3 14 ~ 13 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Counter-Strike Source
Counter-Strike Source (2004)
high:
140  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Doom 3
Doom 3 (2004)
low:
62  fps      Compare
med.:
55  fps      Compare
ultra:
45  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)
high:
250 325.9 ~ 288 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

Gaming Performance

The following benchmarks stem from a desktop HD 4550 (has a slower core clock than the mobile HD 4570) in conjunction with a C2D E8500 (a bit faster than the Core 2 Extreme X9100) and should therefore be similar.

Crysis: 1024x768, Medium: 23 fps -> not really playable (playable with low details)
World in Conflict: 1024x768, Medium DX9: 40 fps -> fluently playable
Stalker Clear Sky: 1024x768, Medium: 30 fps -> playable
Far Cry 2: 1024x768, high DX9: 25 -> more or less playable (better swith to medium details)
Race Driver Grid: 1024x768, Medium: 40 fps -> fluently playable

Benchmarks by AMD

AMD published some benchmarks at the launch of the Mobilty Radeon HD 4000 Series with relative benchmarks of the HD 4570 versus the HD 3470. Sadly the settings of 1600x1200, 4x AA, 8x AF are too high to result in playable framerates. Therefore the following chart is only of limited use.

Still AMD also included the increase in 3DMark06 points (1.65x) and therefore one can conclude that the Mobility Radeon HD 4570 should score about 3200 points which would put her in place of the old HD 2600.

Relative performance of the HD 4570 to the HD 3470 in unplayable settings.
Relative performance of the HD 4570 to the HD 3470 in unplayable settings.

Notebook reviews with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 graphics card

Acer Aspire 5536G (AMD Athlon X2 QL-64, 15.6")
» Review Acer Aspire 5536G Notebook - Review
» Acer Aspire 5536G - External Review

Acer Aspire 5542G-304G50MN (AMD Athlon II M300, 15.6")
» Acer Aspire 5542G-304G50MN - External Review

Acer Aspire 5738DG-6165 (Intel Core 2 Duo T6600, 15.6")
» Acer Aspire 5738DG-6165 - External Review

Acer Aspire 5738DG-744G50MN (Intel Core 2 Duo P7450, 15.6")
» Review Acer Aspire 5738DG 3D Notebook - Review
» Acer Aspire 5738DG-744G50MN - External Review

Acer Aspire 5738DZG (Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300, 15.6")
» Acer Aspire 5738DZG - External Review

Acer Aspire 5738PG (Intel Core 2 Duo T6500, 15.6")
» Acer Aspire 5738PG - External Review

Acer Aspire 7535G-824G50Mn (AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82, 17.3")
» Acer Aspire 7535G-824G50Mn - External Review

Acer Aspire 7540G-304G32MN (AMD Athlon II M300, 17.3")
» Acer Aspire 7540G-304G32MN - External Review

Acer Aspire 7552G (AMD Phenom II X4 P920, 17.3")
» Acer Aspire 7552G - External Review

Asus K50AB (AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-84, 15.6")
» Asus K50AB - External Review

Asus K50AB-SX101V (AMD Turion X2 RM-75, 15.6")
» Asus K50AB-SX101V - External Review

Asus K70AB (AMD Turion X2 RM-74, 17.3")
» Asus K70AB - External Review

Asus U80V (Intel Core 2 Duo T9550, 14.0")
» Asus U80V - External Review

Asus X5DAB-SX028V (AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-84, 15.6")
» Asus X5DAB-SX028V - External Review

Asus X70AB-TY029C (AMD Turion X2 RM-74, 17.3")
» Asus X70AB-TY029C - External Review

AVADirect Clevo W765CUH (Intel Core i5 520M, 15.6")
» AVADirect Clevo W765CUH - External Review

Dell Studio 1555 (Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, 15.6")
» Review Dell Studio 1555 Notebook - Review
» Dell Studio 1555 - External Review

Dell Studio 1557 (Intel Core i7 720QM, 15.6")
» Review Dell Studio 1557 Notebook - Review
» Dell Studio 1557 - External Review

Dell Studio 1558 HD4570 (Intel Core i5 520M, 15.6")
» Review Dell Studio 1558 (HD4570) Notebook - Review
» Dell Studio 1558 HD4570 - External Review

HP Pavilion dv7-4083cl (Intel Core i5 450M, 17.3")
» HP Pavilion dv7-4083cl - External Review

Packard Bell EasyNote LJ65 (Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200, 17.3")
» Packard Bell EasyNote LJ65 - External Review

Packard Bell EasyNote TJ71-SB-139FR (AMD Athlon II M300, 15.6")
» Packard Bell EasyNote TJ71-SB-139FR - External Review

Polywell PolyNote 714AH (Intel Core i5 520M, 17.0")
» Polywell PolyNote 714AH - External Review

Samsung R580-JT02 (Intel Core i3 370M, 15.6")
» Samsung R580-JT02 - External Review

Schenker MB6.a (Intel Core i5 520M, 15.6")
» Review mySN MB6.a Notebook - Review
» mySN MB6.a - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-NW11S/S (Intel Core 2 Duo T6500, 15.5")
» Review Sony Vaio VGN-NW11 Notebook - Review
» Sony Vaio VGN-NW11S/S - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-NW11Z/S (Intel Core 2 Duo T6500, 15.5")
» Sony Vaio VGN-NW11Z/S - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-NW160J (Intel Core 2 Duo T6500, 15.5")
» Sony Vaio VGN-NW160J - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-NW180J/S (Intel Core 2 Duo P7350, 15.5")
» Sony Vaio VGN-NW180J/S - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-NW21MF/W (Intel Core 2 Duo T6600, 15.6")
» Sony Vaio VGN-NW21MF/W - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-NW21ZF/S (Intel Core 2 Duo P7450, 15.6")
» Sony Vaio VGN-NW21ZF/S - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-SR41M/S (Intel Core 2 Duo T6400, 13.3")
» Review Sony Vaio SR41M/S Notebook - Review
» Sony Vaio VGN-SR41M/S - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-SR420J/B (Intel Core 2 Duo T6500, 13.3")
» Sony Vaio VGN-SR420J/B - External Review

Sony Vaio VGNNW250 (Intel Core 2 Duo T6600, 15.5")
» Sony Vaio VGNNW250 - External Review

Sony VAIO VGNNW25GF/S (Intel Core 2 Duo T6600, 15.5")
» Sony VAIO VGNNW25GF/S - External Review

Toshiba Satellite L500-128 (Intel Core 2 Duo T6500, 15.6")
» Toshiba Satellite L500-128 - External Review

Toshiba Satellite L500-13Z (Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200, 15.6")
» Toshiba Satellite L500-13Z - External Review

Toshiba Satellite L500D-17e (AMD Athlon II M300, 15.6")
» Toshiba Satellite L500D-17e - External Review

Toshiba Satellite L550-113 (Intel Core 2 Duo T6500, 17.3")
» Toshiba Satellite L550-113 - External Review

Toshiba Satellite L550D-10G (AMD Athlon X2 QL-65, 17.3")
» Toshiba Satellite L550D-10G - External Review

Toshiba Satellite L555D-10E (AMD Athlon II M300, 17.3")
» Toshiba Satellite L555D-10E - External Review

Toshiba Satellite P300-24Z (Intel Core 2 Duo T6400, 17.0")
» Toshiba Satellite P300-24Z - External Review

Toshiba Satellite U500-10Z (Intel Core 2 Duo P7350, 13.3")
» Toshiba Satellite U500-10Z - External Review

Toshiba Satellite U500-115 (Intel Core 2 Duo P8700, 13.3")
» Review Toshiba Satellite U500-115 Notebook - Review
» Toshiba Satellite U500-115 - External Review

Toshiba Satellite U500-11C (Intel Core 2 Duo P7350, 13.3")
» Toshiba Satellite U500-11C - External Review

Wortmann Terra Mobile 1546 iP-6000 W7HP (Intel Pentium P6000, 15.6")
» Wortmann Terra Mobile 1546 iP-6000 W7HP - External Review

» Comparison of GPUs
Detailled list of all laptop GPUs with a short description. Classified and sorted by performance.

» Benchmark List
Sortable and restrainable list of all GPUs with benchmarks (e.g. 3DMarks).

» Notebook Gaming List
Which game can be played with my graphics card.

Class 1
GeForce GTX 590
GeForce GTX 580
Radeon HD 6970
GeForce GTX 570
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Radeon HD 6870
GeForce GTX 470
Radeon HD 5850
GeForce GTX 460 768MB
Radeon HD 6790
Radeon HD 5770
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GeForce GTS 450
Radeon HD 4850
Radeon HD 5670
Class 2
GeForce GT 240
GeForce GT 430
7590M *
Radeon HD 5570
Radeon HD 6550D *
GeForce GT 220
Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
Class 3
Radeon HD 4350
GeForce G 107M *
Chrome9HD *
Class 4
Class 5
Class 6
SGX543MP2 *
Mali-400 MP *
PowerVR SGX540 *
PowerVR SGX535
unknown *

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

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Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2012-01-25)