Radeon R7 240 vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which features GPU core speed of 975 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
Radeon R7 240		1218 points
	Difference: 4364 (358%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (267%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R7 370 2G should in theory be quite a bit better than the Radeon R7 240 overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 150400 (522%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be quite a bit (more or less 327%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 47800 (327%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G is quite a bit (approximately 434%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R7 240, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25360 (434%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's 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 fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.