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Radeon R7 370 2G vs Radeon R9 295X2

Intro

The Radeon R7 370 2G features a core clock frequency of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 295X2, which features clock speeds of 1018 MHz on the GPU, and 1250 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2816 SPUs as well as 176 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 295X2 21205 points
Radeon R7 370 2G 5582 points
Difference: 15623 (280%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G 110 Watts
Radeon R9 295X2 500 Watts
Difference: 390 Watts (355%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 295X2 should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon R7 370 2G in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2 640000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G 179200 MB/sec
Difference: 460800 (257%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 will be a lot (about 474%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2 358336 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G 62400 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 295936 (474%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 will be a lot (more or less 318%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 370 2G, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2 130304 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G 31200 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 99104 (318%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model Radeon R7 370 2G Radeon R9 295X2
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year June 2015 April 2014
Code Name Trinidad Vesuvius
Memory 2048 MB 4096 MB (x2)
Core Speed 975 MHz 1018 MHz (x2)
Memory Speed 5600 MHz 5000 MHz (x2)
Power (Max TDP) 110 watts 500 watts
Bandwidth 179200 MB/sec 640000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 62400 Mtexels/sec 358336 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 31200 Mpixels/sec 130304 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 1024 2816 (x2)
Texture Mapping Units 64 176 (x2)
Render Output Units 32 64 (x2)
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 512-bit (x2)
Fab Process 28 nm 28 nm
Transistors 2080 million 6200 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 ×16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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