Radeon R7 370 2G vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 380X, which features a GPU core clock speed of 970 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1425 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2048 Stream Processors, 128 Texture Address Units, 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 380X		9519 points
Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
	Difference: 3937 (71%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 380X		19 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 2G		15 Mh/s
	Difference: 4 (27%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Radeon R9 380X		190 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 380X should perform just a bit faster than the Radeon R7 370 2G overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (2%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X will be a lot (more or less 99%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 61760 (99%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G is a little bit (more or less 1%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R9 380X, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 160 (1%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface 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 higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.