Radeon R7 370 4G vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which features GPU core speed of 926 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1650 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2048 Stream Processors, 128 Texture Address Units, 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 RX 470 4GB		270 Sol/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		183 Sol/s
	Difference: 87 (48%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		27 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		17 Mh/s
	Difference: 10 (59%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (9%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 470 4GB should theoretically be a small bit superior to the Radeon R7 370 4G in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 32000 (18%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB will be quite a bit (about 90%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56128 (90%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G is a small bit (more or less 5%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon RX 470 4GB, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1568 (5%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.