Radeon R7 370 4G vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 270X, which has core speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1280 SPUs along with 80 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 R7 370 4G		183 Sol/s
Radeon R9 270X		177 Sol/s
	Difference: 6 (3%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 270X		18 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		17 Mh/s
	Difference: 1 (6%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
Radeon R9 270X		180 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (64%)

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have the exact same memory bandwidth, so theoretically they should perform the same. (explain)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 270X will be a lot (approximately 28%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		80000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 17600 (28%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 270X is a small bit (more or less 3%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 370 4G, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		32000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 800 (3%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends 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.