AMD Radeon R7 370 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 370 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 370

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
5.2x more texture fill rate: 62.4 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 1024 vs 320
4.2x better floating-point performance: 1,997 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
Around 95% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 215 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4499 vs 660
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 610 vs 397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Texture fill rate	62.4 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,997 gflops vs 475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 215 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4499 vs 660
PassMark - G2D Mark	610 vs 397

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Around 70% higher memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 975 MHz

Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 975 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 370
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4499

660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

610

397

Name	AMD Radeon R7 370	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	4499	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	610	397
Geekbench - OpenCL	86561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	72.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1506.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	116.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	359.237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7102
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1499

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 370	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Trinidad	R600
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$399
Place in performance rating	411	408
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,997 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1024	320
Stream Processors	1024
Texture fill rate	62.4 GTexel / s	11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	720 million
Core clock speed		743 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	152 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	975 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)