Radeon R7 370 4G vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which comes with GPU core speed of 1120 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 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 RX 480 4GB		267 Sol/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		183 Sol/s
	Difference: 84 (46%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480 4GB		25 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		17 Mh/s
	Difference: 8 (47%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (36%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 480 4GB is 28% faster than the Radeon R7 370 4G overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 50176 (28%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB will be a lot (more or less 158%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 98880 (158%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB will be a little bit (about 15%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R7 370 4G, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4640 (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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure 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 graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number 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 output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.