GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which features core speeds of 975 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 970M		7520 points
Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
	Difference: 1938 (35%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970M		75 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 370 2G should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GTX 970M in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		96000 MB/sec
	Difference: 83200 (87%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970M should be just a bit (more or less 18%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970M		73920 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11520 (18%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 970M is superior to the Radeon R7 370 2G, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970M		44352 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13152 (42%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one 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 this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could 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 colour ROPs by the clock 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 fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.