GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which features a clock speed of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1400 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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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.

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980		20 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		17 Mh/s
	Difference: 3 (18%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980		408 Sol/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		183 Sol/s
	Difference: 225 (123%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 980 should be 25% quicker than the Radeon R7 370 4G in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 44800 (25%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 is much (more or less 131%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 81728 (131%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40864 (131%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 can be processed per 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 video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.