Radeon R7 370 4G vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1605 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 160 Texture Address Units and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
Radeon RX 5700 XT		225 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (105%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5700 XT should perform a lot faster than the Radeon R7 370 4G in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		458752 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 279552 (156%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is quite a bit (about 312%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		256800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 194400 (312%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 XT is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 71520 (229%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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 potential to reach the maximum fill rate.