Radeon R7 370 4G vs Radeon R9 280X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 280X, which comes with GPU clock speed of 850 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1500 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2048 Stream Processors, 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 R9 280X		294 Sol/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		183 Sol/s
	Difference: 111 (61%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 280X		21 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		17 Mh/s
	Difference: 4 (24%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
Radeon R9 280X		250 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R9 280X should perform a lot faster than the Radeon R7 370 4G in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		288000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 108800 (61%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 280X should be quite a bit (about 74%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		108800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 46400 (74%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 4G is the winner, but not by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 280X		27200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4000 (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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.