Radeon HD 7950 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 975 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1400 MHz on this specific model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon HD 7950		235 Sol/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		183 Sol/s
	Difference: 52 (28%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon HD 7950		21 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		17 Mh/s
	Difference: 4 (24%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
Radeon HD 7950		200 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (82%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 7950 should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 370 4G in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 7950		240000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 60800 (34%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 7950 should be a lot (more or less 44%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

Radeon HD 7950		89600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27200 (44%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 4G is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7950		25600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5600 (22%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number 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 output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.