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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570

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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).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

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The ATI Mobilty Radeon HD 4550 from AMD is a DirectX 10.1 lower-class notebook graphics adapter. Technically it lies between Mobility Radeon 4530 and 4570 (only the clockrate differentiates them).

The gaming performance of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD4550 lies under the desktop 4350 and therefore DirecX 9 games should run fluent in low-medium detail settings. Demanding games like Crysis can only be played in low detail settings.

The Mobility HD 4550 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 4550 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 (because of the different bandwidth 16 versus 32 bit).

The Mobility Radeon HD 4550 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 current consumtion of about 8-12 Watt for the HD 4550. 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 4550 features a slower core clock (600 versus 500) but can have a higher memory clock. Therefore, the performance should be more or less comparable (the mobile card will be a bit slower).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
Mobility Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series
Mobility Radeon HD 4570 80 @ 0.68 GHz64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Mobility Radeon HD 4550 80 @ 0.55 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Mobility Radeon HD 4530 compare 80 @ 0.5 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Mobility Radeon HD 4350 compare 80 @ 0.45 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Mobility Radeon HD 4570 80 @ 0.68 GHz64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Mobility Radeon HD 4550 80 @ 0.55 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Mobility Radeon HD 4530 compare 80 @ 0.5 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Mobility Radeon HD 4350 compare 80 @ 0.45 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
CodenameM92-XTM92
ArchitectureTerascale 1Terascale 1
Pipelines80 - unified80 - unified
Core Speed680 MHz550 MHz
Memory Speed800 MHz700 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3, DDR2, DDR3GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
Transistors242 Million242 Million
technology55 nm55 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)OpenGL 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)
Date of Announcement09.01.2009 01.01.2010
Link to Manufacturer Pageati.amd.comwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 805     avg: 1082     median: 1151 (0%)     max: 1175 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. total + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
min: 942     avg: 1016     median: 1051 (0%)     max: 1056 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 637     avg: 853     median: 916 (1%)     max: 935 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
min: 777     avg: 806     median: 819 (0%)     max: 822 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 11199     avg: 16656     median: 17062 (18%)     max: 22883 Points
min: 13318     avg: 16655     median: 18299 (19%)     max: 18347 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 7546     avg: 9408     median: 8626 (5%)     max: 11627 Points
min: 9590     avg: 9832     median: 9832.5 (5%)     max: 10074 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 5638     avg: 6755     median: 6843 (7%)     max: 8017 Points
min: 6267     avg: 6991     median: 7222.5 (8%)     max: 7252 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
3DMark 06
min: 3016     avg: 3514     median: 3340 (4%)     max: 4314 Points
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
3579 Points (5%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1366x768 + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
3DMark 06
3836 Points (5%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
3DMark 06
min: 2654     avg: 3358     median: 3633 (5%)     max: 3735 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
min: 2911     avg: 3275     median: 3449 (5%)     max: 3465 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768 + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
3DMark 06
min: 2901     avg: 3530     median: 3131 (4%)     max: 4593 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768 + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
3889 Points (5%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - 3dsmax
min: 7.64     avg: 7.8     median: 7.8 (16%)     max: 7.93 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Catia
min: 7.05     avg: 7.8     median: 7.8 (16%)     max: 8.54 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - EnSight
min: 7.7     avg: 8.4     median: 8.4 (18%)     max: 9.02 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Maya
min: 11.5     avg: 12.6     median: 12.6 (7%)     max: 13.73 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Pro/Engeneer
min: 5.2     avg: 6     median: 6 (12%)     max: 6.79 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SolidWorks
min: 10.87     avg: 12.3     median: 12.3 (18%)     max: 13.67 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS Teamcenter
min: 2.59     avg: 2.8     median: 2.8 (7%)     max: 2.97 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS NX
min: 5.25     avg: 6.4     median: 6.4 (13%)     max: 7.64 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
min: 5.9     avg: 6.1     median: 6.1 (77%)     max: 6.3 Points
min: 3.2     avg: 5.1     median: 6.1 (77%)     max: 6.1 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
min: 4.1     avg: 4.5     median: 4.6 (58%)     max: 4.9 Points
min: 3.3     avg: 4.4     median: 4.9 (62%)     max: 4.9 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik (Spiele)
min: 4.8     avg: 5.1     median: 5.2 (76%)     max: 5.3 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik
min: 4.1     avg: 4.7     median: 4.9 (72%)     max: 5 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 2486     avg: 3623     median: 3689 (3%)     max: 4618 Points
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
min: 2960     avg: 3953     median: 4230 (3%)     max: 4393 Points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 8.06     avg: 8.1     median: 8.1 (3%)     max: 8.07 fps

Average Benchmarks ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 → 100% n=11

Average Benchmarks ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 → 105% n=11

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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.

low 1024x768
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
120.5  fps
med. 1360x768
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
21.2  fps
high 1360x768
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
12.3  fps
low 1024x768
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
33.6  fps
med. 1366x768
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
19.8  fps
high 1366x768
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
11.9  fps
low 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
78.7 82.8 ~ 81 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
18.8 20.6 ~ 20 fps
Risen

Risen

2009
low 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
37.2 42.8 ~ 40 fps
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
40  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
16.8 19.8 ~ 18 fps
108%
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
19.4  fps
high 1366x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
10.7  fps
121%
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
13  fps
Need for Speed Shift

Need for Speed Shift

2009
low 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
27.9 32.7 ~ 30 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
15 21.3 ~ 18 fps
high 1366x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
11.7  fps
Colin McRae: DIRT 2

Colin McRae: DIRT 2

2009
low 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
41.4  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
25.6  fps
Anno 1404

Anno 1404

2009
low 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
50.9 77.1 96.5 ~ 75 fps
ultra 1280x1024
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
8 11 ~ 10 fps
Sims 3

Sims 3

2009
low 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
133.5 232.8 ~ 183 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
33.8 59.1 ~ 46 fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
32.1  fps
F.E.A.R. 2

F.E.A.R. 2

2009
low 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
58.2 69.3 75.6 89.3 117.4 124.8 ~ 89 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
28.9 30.8 31.7 35.2 35.8 36.5 43.6 ~ 35 fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
15.2 22.4 ~ 19 fps
Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead

2008
low 640x480
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
94.3  fps
high 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
48.3  fps
Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2

2008
low 640x480
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
62.8  fps
high 1024x768
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
20  fps
Racedriver: GRID

Racedriver: GRID

2008
low 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
63.4 64.8 67.1 71.9 77.7 ~ 69 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
28.4 34.4 34.5 34.7 35 ~ 33 fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
18.5  fps
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

2007
low 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
63.4 64.1 103.8 170.5 ~ 100 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
28.4 30.5 36.7 37.1 43.6 ~ 35 fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
24.1 30.2 ~ 27 fps
Supreme Commander - FA Bench

Supreme Commander - FA Bench

2007
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
18.5  fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
29.4 42.3 ~ 36 fps
69%
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
25  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
21.1 22.7 ~ 22 fps
95%
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
21  fps
high 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
11.9  fps
101%
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
12  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
9.5  fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
33.2 41.4 ~ 37 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
17.2 19.4 ~ 18 fps
high 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
9.4  fps
World in Conflict - Benchmark

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
22  fps
194%
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
42.7  fps
high 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
10  fps
164%
Mobility Radeon HD 4550:
16.4  fps
Call of Juarez Benchmark

Call of Juarez Benchmark

2006
high 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
12.9  fps
The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion

The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion

2006
high 1280x800
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
40.5  fps
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
144 171 ~ 158 fps
med. 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
66 68 ~ 67 fps
high 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
23 35 ~ 29 fps
World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

2005
low 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
121.5 185 209.7 ~ 172 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
47.2 52 56.9 57.5 ~ 53 fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
10.9 13.3 14 ~ 13 fps
Counter-Strike Source

Counter-Strike Source

2004
high 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
140  fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
62  fps
med. 640x480
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
55  fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
45  fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon HD 4570:
250 325.9 ~ 288 fps

Average Gaming ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 → 119%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 147%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550lowmed.highultraQHD4K
StarCraft 2120.521.212.3
Battlefield: Bad Company 233.619.811.9
Risen4019.413
Far Cry 262.820
Crysis - GPU Benchmark2521129.5
World in Conflict - Benchmark42.716.4
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570lowmed.highultraQHD4K
CoD Modern Warfare 28120
Risen401810.7
Need for Speed Shift301811.7
Colin McRae: DIRT 241.425.6
Anno 14047510
Sims 31834632.14
F.E.A.R. 2893519
Left 4 Dead94.348.3
Racedriver: GRID693318.5
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare1003527
Supreme Commander - FA Bench18.5
Crysis - GPU Benchmark362211.85
Crysis - CPU Benchmark37189.35
World in Conflict - Benchmark2210
Call of Juarez Benchmark12.9
The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion40.5
F.E.A.R.1586729
World of Warcraft1725313
Counter-Strike Source140
Doom 3625545
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo288
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