AMD Radeon R7 370 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 370 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 62.4 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
8x more pipelines: 1024 vs 128
4.6x better floating-point performance: 1,997 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 140 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4500 vs 769
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 608 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 28 March 2008
Texture fill rate	62.4 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	1024 vs 128
Floating-point performance	1,997 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4500 vs 769
PassMark - G2D Mark	608 vs 366

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 975 MHz

Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 975 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 370
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4500

769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

608

366

Name	AMD Radeon R7 370	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	4500	769
PassMark - G2D Mark	608	366
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 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Trinidad	G92
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	28 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$299
Place in performance rating	414	411
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,997 gflops	432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1024	128
Stream Processors	1024
Texture fill rate	62.4 GTexel / s	43.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	754 million
Core clock speed		1688 MHz
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	152 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	975 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI