AMD Radeon R9 370 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 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. 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.

AMD Radeon R9 370

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 743 MHz
6.6x more texture fill rate: 78 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
5.2x better floating-point performance: 2,496 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
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1656 MHz
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4722 vs 660
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 781 vs 397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 743 MHz
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s vs 11.89 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,496 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	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4722 vs 660
PassMark - G2D Mark	781 vs 397

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4722

660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

781

397

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	4722	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	781	397
Geekbench - OpenCL	75346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	336.491
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6096
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Trinidad	R600
Launch date	5 May 2015	14 May 2007
Place in performance rating	404	375
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	743 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1280	320
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s	11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	215 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	221 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3