AMD Radeon R9 370 vs AMD Radeon R9 280

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370 and AMD Radeon R9 280 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 975 MHz vs 933 MHz
• Around 82% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 200 Watt
• 4.5x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1250 MHz
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 781 vs 665
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3698
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3337
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3698
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3337

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

• Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 104.5 GTexel / s vs 78 GTexel / s
• Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
• Around 34% better floating-point performance: 3,344 gflops vs 2,496 gflops
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5562 vs 4722
• Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.829 vs 64.576
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 365.384 vs 336.491
• Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7957 vs 6096
• Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7957 vs 6096

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	4722 5562
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	781 665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	64.576 67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	336.491 365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6096 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3718 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6096 7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3718 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3357 3337

Compare specifications (specs)