AMD Radeon R7 370 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 370 and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
22.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4499 vs 202
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 610 vs 413

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 5 June 2006
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4499 vs 202
PassMark - G2D Mark	610 vs 413

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

3.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 62.4 GTexel / s
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 975 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 62.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 975 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 370
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4499

202

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

610

413

Name	AMD Radeon R7 370	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	4499	202
PassMark - G2D Mark	610	413
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	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Trinidad	G71
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	5 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$599
Place in performance rating	411	409
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,997 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1024
Stream Processors	1024
Texture fill rate	62.4 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	278 million
Core clock speed		500 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	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	2x 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	975 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)