Radeon HD 6790 vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which has core clock speeds of 975 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 TAUs 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 HD 6790		2150 points
	Difference: 3432 (160%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Radeon HD 6790		150 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (36%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R7 370 2G should be 33% faster than the Radeon HD 6790 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6790		134400 MB/sec
	Difference: 44800 (33%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G is a lot (approximately 86%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 6790. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6790		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28800 (86%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 2G is superior to the Radeon HD 6790, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6790		13440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17760 (132%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one 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 handling 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 a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.