AMD Radeon R9 370 vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370 and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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 - 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, 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).

AMD Radeon R9 370

AMD Radeon R9 270X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 781 vs 613
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 64.576 vs 63.87
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 336.491 vs 315.412

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 8 October 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	781 vs 613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.576 vs 63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	336.491 vs 315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 975 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 84 GTexel / s vs 78 GTexel / s
Around 8% better floating-point performance: 2,688 gflops vs 2,496 gflops
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4869 vs 4722
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8068 vs 6096
Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8068 vs 6096

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 975 MHz
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s vs 78 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops vs 2,496 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4869 vs 4722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8068 vs 6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8068 vs 6096

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4722

4869

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

781

613

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

64.576

63.87

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

336.491

315.412

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6096

8068

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6096

8068

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3350

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370	AMD Radeon R9 270X
PassMark - G3D Mark	4722	4869
PassMark - G2D Mark	781	613
Geekbench - OpenCL	75346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.576	63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	336.491	315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6096	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6096	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	1772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		85.21

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370	AMD Radeon R9 270X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Trinidad	Curacao
Launch date	5 May 2015	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	412	440
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$399
Value for money (0-100)		16.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops	2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	1280
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s	84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	2,800 million
Stream Processors		1280
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)