Radeon R7 370 4G vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 470, which comes with a clock speed of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1650 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470		289 Sol/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		183 Sol/s
	Difference: 106 (58%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470		26 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 4G		17 Mh/s
	Difference: 9 (53%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (9%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 470 should theoretically be just a bit superior to the Radeon R7 370 4G overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 32000 (18%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 should be much (more or less 90%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56128 (90%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G is a bit (about 5%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 470, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470		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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output 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 potential to reach the maximum fill rate.