Geforce GTX 670 vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which has a core clock frequency of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 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

Geforce GTX 670		7351 points
Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
	Difference: 1769 (32%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R7 370 2G		15 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 670		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 2 (15%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Geforce GTX 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (55%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Geforce GTX 670 should be a little bit faster than the Radeon R7 370 2G overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 12800 (7%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 670 is quite a bit (approximately 64%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 40080 (64%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 2G is a better choice, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1920 (7%)

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 a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per 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 higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.