Radeon R7 370 2G vs Radeon R9 280X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 280X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 850 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1500 MHz on this specific model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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 280X		8886 points
Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
	Difference: 3304 (59%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 280X		294 Sol/s
Radeon R7 370 2G		210 Sol/s
	Difference: 84 (40%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 280X		21 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 2G		15 Mh/s
	Difference: 6 (40%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Radeon R9 280X		250 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 280X will be 61% faster than the Radeon R7 370 2G in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		288000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 108800 (61%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 280X is much (more or less 74%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		108800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 46400 (74%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be a small bit (about 15%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R9 280X, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 280X		27200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4000 (15%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.