Radeon R7 250X vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 975 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1400 MHz on this particular model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 32 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 R7 370 2G		5582 points
Radeon R7 250X		2860 points
	Difference: 2722 (95%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250X		95 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (16%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R7 370 2G should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 250X overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 107200 (149%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G should be much (more or less 56%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 250X. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 22400 (56%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G is quite a bit (about 95%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R7 250X, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X		16000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15200 (95%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.