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Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

The Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB uses a 55 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 825 MHz. The GDDR4 memory runs at a frequency of 1126 MHz on this specific model. It features 320(64x5) SPUs along with 16 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M370X, which has GPU core speed of 800 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB should in theory be much better than the Radeon R9 M370X overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB 144128 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M370X 72000 MB/sec
Difference: 72128 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M370X is quite a bit (approximately 21%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X 32000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB 26400 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 5600 (21%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB will be quite a bit (about 106%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 M370X, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB 26400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X 12800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 13600 (106%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

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Model Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB Radeon R9 M370X
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year Jan 28, 2008 2015
Code Name R680 Cape Verde
Memory 1024 MB (x2) 2048 MB
Core Speed 825 MHz (x2) 800 MHz
Memory Speed 2252 MHz (x2) 4500 MHz
Power (Max TDP) (Unknown) watts (Unknown) watts
Bandwidth 144128 MB/sec 72000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 26400 Mtexels/sec 32000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 26400 Mpixels/sec 12800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 320(64x5) (x2) 640
Texture Mapping Units 16 (x2) 40
Render Output Units 16 (x2) 16
Bus Type GDDR4 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit (x2) 128-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 28 nm
Transistors (Unknown) million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe 2.0 x16/(internal PCIe 1.1 x16) PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB

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