Radeon HD 7870 XT vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which has a core clock frequency of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 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 HD 7870 XT		6390 points
Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
	Difference: 808 (14%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon HD 7870 XT		15 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 2G		15 Mh/s
	Difference: 0 (0%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Radeon HD 7870 XT		185 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (68%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 7870 XT should theoretically be just a bit superior to the Radeon R7 370 2G overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 7870 XT		192000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 12800 (7%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 7870 XT will be a lot (more or less 42%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Radeon HD 7870 XT		88800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26400 (42%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be a small bit (approximately 5%) better at FSAA than the Radeon HD 7870 XT, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7870 XT		29600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1600 (5%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.