Radeon R7 370 4G vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 470, which features a GPU core clock speed of 926 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1650 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2048 SPUs, 128 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 470		289 Sol/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		183 Sol/s
	Difference: 106 (58%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470		26 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		17 Mh/s
	Difference: 9 (53%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 470 will be 18% quicker than the Radeon R7 370 4G overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

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

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

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G will be a little bit (approximately 5%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 470, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470		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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated 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 higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant 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.