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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M is a high-end laptop graphics card introduced in June 2011. It is based on the GF114 core, which is related to the Fermi architecture. Therefore, it supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.0. The faster GeForce GTX 580M, in comparison, is based on the same chip, but with all shaders enabled.

GF114 architecture

The GF114 core is a power optimized version of the GF104 (used in the GTX 470M) but with no architectural changes. Therefore, the performance per MHz stays the same, but Nvidia was able to clock the shaders higher while still remaining in the same power envelope. The GTX 570M offers 336 cores of the 384 in the GF114. More informations on the similar GF104 architecture can be found on the GeForce GTX 485M page.

Performance

Due to the higher clock speeds and the larger shader count, the GeForce GTX 570M is clearly faster than the old GeForce GTX 470M. Since the GPU is a high-end card, the performance is similar to the AMD Radeon HD 6970M. Compared to the other GTX 500M cards, the GTX 570M is positioned nearer to the GTX 560M (-15%) than the GTX 580M (+35%) in our gaming tests. Current games as of 2011 should therefore run fluently in Full HD resolution and high details. Only some very demanding games, such as Metro 2033 or Crysis 2, may need reduced graphical settings for smoother gameplay.

Features

Similar to the older GF104 chip, the GF114 supports Bitstream HD Audio (Blu-Ray) output via HDMI. This means it can transfer, for example, Dolby True HD or DTS-HD bitstream-wise without quality loss to a HiFi receiver.

The GTX 570M offers the PureVideo HD technology for video decoding. The included Video Processor 4 (VP4) supports feature set C and therefore the GPU is able to fully decode MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 ASP - e.g., DivX or Xvid), VC-1/WMV9, and H.264 (VLD, IDCT, Motion Compensation, and Deblocking). 

Furthermore, the GPU is able to decode two 1080p streams simultaneously (e.g., Blu-Ray Picture-in-Picture).

Through CUDA, OpenCL, and DirectCompute 2.1 support, the GeForce GTX 570M can be used for general calculations. For example, the stream processor can encode videos considerably faster than can many modern CPUs. Furthermore, physics calculations can be done by the GPU using PhysX if supported (e.g., in Mafia 2 or Metro 2033).

3D Vision enables the laptop to send 3D content (3D games, 3D Web Streaming, 3D photos, 3D Blu-Rays) to a built-in 3D enabled screen or an external 3D TV if supported by the laptop manufacturer.

The power consumption of the GeForce GTX 570M is in the same ballpark as the old GTX 470M, which is rumored to be about 75 Watt (TDP including the MXM board and memory). Without load, the chip is clocked at 50/100 MHz (chip/shader) and 200/400 MHz in 2D and 3D mode, respectively, to save power. Furthermore, the 500M series supports Optimus to automatically switch between the integrated graphics card from Intel and the Nvidia GPU. Whether or not a laptop includes this feature is dependent on the manufacturer.

The similarly named desktop GeForce GTX 570 is based on the GF110 chip and offers 480 shader cores and faster clock speeds. As a result, it is significantly faster than the GeForce GTX 570M. Instead, the 570M is more comparable to the desktop GTX 550Ti / 560 in terms of performance.

GeForce GTX 500M Series

GeForce GTX 580M SLI compare 768 @ 0.62 GHz256 Bit @ 1500 MHz
GeForce GTX 560M SLI compare 384 @ 0.78 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
GeForce GTX 580M compare 384 @ 0.62 GHz256 Bit @ 1500 MHz
GeForce GTX 570M 336 @ 0.58 GHz192 Bit @ 1150 MHz
GeForce GTX 560M compare 192 @ 0.78 GHz192 Bit @ 1250 MHz
CodenameN12E-GT
ArchitectureFermi
Pipelines336 - unified
Core Speed575 MHz
Shader Speed1070 MHz
Memory Speed1150 MHz
Memory Bus Width192 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory3 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Transistor Count2 Billion
technology40 nm
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement28.06.2011

Benchmarks

3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 2351     avg: 2536     median: 2640 (4%)     max: 2667 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 2141     avg: 2300     median: 2399 (2%)     max: 2409 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 10678     avg: 11362     median: 11060 (3%)     max: 12382 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 9445     avg: 9902     median: 9591 (5%)     max: 11310 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 16679     avg: 17232     median: 17004.5 (22%)     max: 18241 Points
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +
specvp11 tcvis-02 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
min: 0.66     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (0%)     max: 0.67 fps
specvp11 sw-02 +
specvp11 proe-05 +
specvp11 maya-03 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
min: 7.44     avg: 8.7     median: 8.7 (7%)     max: 9.95 fps
specvp11 lightwave-01 +
specvp11 ensight-04 +
SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
min: 19.89     avg: 19.9     median: 19.9 (10%)     max: 19.96 fps
specvp11 catia-03 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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 detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
med. 1366x768
high 1366x768
ultra 1920x1080
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
63 69.6 ~ 66 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
med. 1366x768
58 66.1 ~ 62 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
high 1366x768
47 47.5 ~ 47 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra 1920x1080
25.5 26 ~ 26 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
79.5 80 ~ 80 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
med. 1366x768
51 54.4 ~ 53 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
high 1366x768
41 41.5 ~ 41 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra 1920x1080
18 18.2 ~ 18 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Fifa 12

Fifa 12

2011
low 800x600
367.2 393 ~ 380 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
287.4 297.2 ~ 292 fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
200.6 235.3 242.3 ~ 226 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
148.2 153.8 159.1 ~ 154 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
F1 2011

F1 2011

2011
low 800x600
135 140 ~ 138 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
96 102 ~ 99 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
79 85 87 ~ 84 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
36 40 41 ~ 39 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
178.7  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
83.9 99.5 ~ 92 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
32.4 37 ~ 35 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Dirt 3

Dirt 3

2011
low 800x600
199.3 208 ~ 204 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
med. 1024x768
104 129.7 ~ 117 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
high 1360x768
84 98.1 102.8 ~ 95 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra 1920x1080
27.5 33.4 34 ~ 32 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Crysis 2

Crysis 2

2011
low 800x600
med. 1024x768
high 1366x768
75.1 76.8 ~ 76 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
ultra 1920x1080
25.9 26.5 ~ 26 fps    + Compare + 📈 Graph
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Additional Benchmarks
Ultra DX11 High Res Textures 1920x1080
18
low 800x600
med. 1024x768
high 1360x768
ultra 1920x1080
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Fifa 11

Fifa 11

2010
low 800x600
474.6 476.5 ~ 476 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
318.2 337.1 ~ 328 fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
245.9 255.7 ~ 251 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
163.9 164.6 ~ 164 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Mafia 2

Mafia 2

2010
low 800x600
101.5 107 ~ 104 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
88.6 90 ~ 89 fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
78.5 79 ~ 79 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
49.6 50 ~ 50 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
med. 1360x768
high 1360x768
ultra 1920x1080
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 800x600
101.5 146.9 ~ 124 fps    + Compare
med. 1360x768
65 104 ~ 85 fps    + Compare
high 1600x900
32.4 41.6 ~ 37 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12.5 16.4 ~ 14 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
med. 1366x768
high 1366x768
ultra 1920x1080
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 800x600
199.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
107  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
89.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
59.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Risen

Risen

2009
low 800x600
131.4 142.4 ~ 137 fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
73.3 86.5 ~ 80 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
51.6 60.6 ~ 56 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
34.1 40.5 ~ 37 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5

2009
low 800x600
145.1  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
110.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
69.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Need for Speed Shift

Need for Speed Shift

2009
low 800x600
111.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
95.9 110.7 ~ 103 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
86.1 95.1 ~ 91 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
55.9 58.7 ~ 57 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Colin McRae: DIRT 2

Colin McRae: DIRT 2

2009
low 800x600
80.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
76.4  fps    + Compare
high 1360x768
67.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
55.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

2007
low 800x600
299.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
200.6  fps    + Compare
high 1280x1024
148.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Call of Juarez Benchmark

Call of Juarez Benchmark

2006
high 1024x768
85.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Anno 2070181.175.548.523.7
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim66624726
Battlefield 380534118
Fifa 12380292226154
F1 2011138998439
Deus Ex Human Revolution178.79235
Dirt 32041179532
Crysis 2103.196.97626
Call of Duty: Black Ops126.1100.494.268.6
Fifa 11476328251164
Mafia 2104897950
StarCraft 2257.297.17942.2
Metro 2033124853714
Battlefield: Bad Company 2135.8105.878.140.1
CoD Modern Warfare 2199.110789.959.8
Risen137805637
Resident Evil 5145.1110.869.2
Need for Speed Shift111.81039157
Colin McRae: DIRT 280.676.467.655.7
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare299.4200.6148.2
Call of Juarez Benchmark85.6
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Notebook reviews with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M graphics card

 

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  External Review » MSI GT780DXR-425FR

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  External Review » MSI GT780DXR-405US

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  External Review » MSI GT780DXR-i71215BLW7H

MSI GT780DX-i71691BLW7H: Intel Core i7-2670QM, 17.30", 3.9 kg
  External Review » MSI GT780DX-i71691BLW7H

SCHENKER XMG P511: Intel Core i7-2760QM, 15.60", 3.4 kg
  External Review » Schenker XMG P511

Medion Erazer X7815-MD97927: Intel Core i7-2670QM, 17.30", 3.8 kg
  External Review » Medion Erazer X7815-MD97927

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  External Review » MSI GT780DXR-290UK

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  External Review » MSI GT683DXR-478FR

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  External Review » Medion Erazer X6819-MD97908

MSI GT780DX: Intel Core i7-2630QM, 17.30", 3.9 kg
  External Review » MSI GT780DX

MSI GT683DXR-423US: Intel Core i7-2630QM, 15.60", 3.5 kg
  External Review » MSI GT683DXR-423US

Deviltech Fragbook: Intel Core i7-2630QM, 17.30", 3.7 kg
  External Review » Deviltech Fragbook

MSI GT780DXR: Intel Core i7-2630QM, 17.30", 3.9 kg
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