Radeon R7 370 2G vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1120 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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 2G		210 Sol/s
	Difference: 57 (27%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480 4GB		25 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 2G		15 Mh/s
	Difference: 10 (67%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (36%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 480 4GB should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the Radeon R7 370 2G overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 50176 (28%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB should be a lot (more or less 158%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 98880 (158%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB is just a bit (approximately 15%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R7 370 2G, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.