Radeon R7 370 2G vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 926 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1650 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2048 Stream Processors, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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 470 4GB		270 Sol/s
Radeon R7 370 2G		210 Sol/s
	Difference: 60 (29%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		27 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 2G		15 Mh/s
	Difference: 12 (80%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (9%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 470 4GB should in theory be a small bit better than the Radeon R7 370 2G overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 32000 (18%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB will be quite a bit (about 90%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56128 (90%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be a little bit (approximately 5%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon RX 470 4GB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1568 (5%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen 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 number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.