Radeon R7 370 4G vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 926 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1650 MHz on this model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 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 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

The Radeon RX 470 4GB should in theory perform a small bit faster than the Radeon R7 370 4G overall. (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 a lot (approximately 90%) more effective at AF 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 should be just a bit (more or less 5%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 470 4GB, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount 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 output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.