GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which comes with a core clock speed of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1400 MHz. It also features a 256-bit 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.

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980		20 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		17 Mh/s
	Difference: 3 (18%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980		408 Sol/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		183 Sol/s
	Difference: 225 (123%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 980 is 25% faster than the Radeon R7 370 4G overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 44800 (25%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 will be quite a bit (about 131%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 81728 (131%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40864 (131%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.