Radeon R7 370 2G vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 380 2G, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 970 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1425 MHz on this particular model. It features 1792 SPUs along with 112 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator 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 R9 380 2G		8850 points
Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
	Difference: 3268 (59%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 380 2G		19 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 2G		15 Mh/s
	Difference: 4 (27%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 380 2G, in theory, should perform a small bit faster than the Radeon R7 370 2G in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (2%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G will be much (about 74%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 46240 (74%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G is a bit (more or less 1%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 380 2G, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 160 (1%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most 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 number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.