Garmin Forerunner 570 vs Garmin Forerunner 745

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Forerunner 570 compared with Forerunner 745

	GarminForerunner 570	GarminForerunner 745
Overview
Released
Released	May 2025	September 2020
Display
Case sizes
Case sizes	42 mm or 47 mm	44 mm
Panel
Panel	OLED	Memory-in-pixel
Always-on display
Always-on display	Yes	Yes
Display detail
Display detail	42 mm model has a 1.2″ (30.4 mm) AMOLED touchscreen, 390 x 390 pixels; 47 mm has a 1.4″ (35.3 mm) AMOLED touchscreen, 454 x 454 pixels; five buttons; optional always-on mode	1.2-inch (30.4 mm) transflective colour memory-in-pixel display, 240 x 240 pixels, with button controls.
Screen protection
Screen protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass DX.
Health and fitness
ECG
ECG	No	No
Blood oxygen
Blood oxygen	Yes	Yes
Skin temperature
Skin temperature	Yes	No
Sleep apnoea alerts
Sleep apnoea alerts	No	No
High blood pressure alerts
High blood pressure alerts	No	No
Body composition
Body composition	No	No
Fall detection
Fall detection	No	No
Crash detection
Crash detection	No	No
GPS
GPS	Dual-band (L1 and L5)	Single-band
Water resistance
Water resistance	50 m	50 m
Sensors
Sensors	Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor; Pulse Ox blood oxygen monitor; barometric altimeter; compass; gyroscope; accelerometer; thermometer; ambient light sensor	GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate, Pulse Ox, barometric altimeter, compass, gyroscope, accelerometer and thermometer.
Health features
Health features	Skin temperature; high and low heart rate alerts; HRV status; Body Battery; all-day stress; sleep score, sleep coach, sleep alignment and nap detection; breathing variations; Health Snapshot; women's health tracking with past ovulation estimates; jet lag adviser	Pulse Ox, sleep, all-day stress and Body Battery energy monitoring.
Fitness features
Fitness features	Training readiness and training status; training load, load ratio and load focus; training effect, VO2 max and recovery time; wrist-based running power and dynamics; PacePro; race predictor and projected race time; Garmin Coach and Garmin Triathlon Coach plans; daily suggested workouts; multisport workouts; heat and altitude acclimation; course navigation, TracBack and Up Ahead; triathlon and open-water swimming	Triathlon, running, cycling and swimming profiles; daily suggested workouts, training status and load, VO2 max, recovery time, PacePro and course guidance. Detailed running dynamics require a compatible pod or strap.
Safety features
Safety features	Incident detection during select activities; assistance; LiveTrack; live event sharing (Android only); these features require a paired phone	Incident detection and assistance require a paired smartphone; LiveTrack.
Battery and connections
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 11 days	Up to 7 days
Mobile data option
Mobile data option	No	No
Works with
Works with	iPhone and Android	iPhone and Android
Storage
Storage	8 GB	–
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Smartwatch mode up to 10 days (42 mm) or 11 days (47 mm); GPS only up to 18 hours for either size; SatIQ (AutoSelect) up to 14 or 16 hours; All-Systems + Multi-Band up to 13 or 14 hours; with music, GPS only up to nine hours and the other two modes up to eight hours for either size	Up to seven days in smartwatch mode, 16 hours in GPS mode without music or six hours with GPS and music.
Charging
Charging	Garmin charging cable with proprietary plug	Rechargeable battery with Garmin charging cable.
Connectivity
Connectivity	Bluetooth, ANT+ and Wi-Fi; multi-band GPS with GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou and SatIQ; Garmin Pay; music storage; speaker and microphone for calls and the phone's voice assistant with a paired phone; voice commands; Garmin Share; Connect IQ	Bluetooth, ANT+ and Wi-Fi; Garmin Pay, Connect IQ, smart notifications and on-watch storage for up to 500 songs.
Design
Weight (lightest version)
Weight (lightest version)	42 g (better)	47 g
Software
Software	Garmin	Garmin
Case materials
Case materials	Aluminium bezel; silicone band; 5 ATM water rating	Fibre-reinforced polymer bezel and silicone band; 5 ATM water rating.
Size
Size	42 mm model is 42.4 x 42.4 x 12.9 mm and 42 g; 47 mm model is 47 x 47 x 12.9 mm and 50 g; Garmin does not publish case-only weights	43.8 x 43.8 x 13.3 mm; 47 g.
Colours
Colours	–	Black.
Bands
Bands	Quick-release 20 mm bands for the 42 mm model, fitting 115–178 mm wrists; quick-release 22 mm bands for the 47 mm model, fitting 135–205 mm wrists	–
In the box
In the box	Forerunner 570, charging cable, documentation	–