AMD Radeon R9 370 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 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. 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
4.7x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
23.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4722 vs 202
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 781 vs 413

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 5 June 2006
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4722 vs 202
PassMark - G2D Mark	781 vs 413

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

2.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 78 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 78 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4722

202

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

781

413

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	4722	202
PassMark - G2D Mark	781	413
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	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Trinidad	G71
Launch date	5 May 2015	5 June 2006
Place in performance rating	412	409
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	278 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	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 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	5600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3