AMD Radeon R9 370 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.7x more texture fill rate: 78 GTexel / s vs 28.8 billion / sec
6.7x more pipelines: 1280 vs 192
3.6x better floating-point performance: 2,496 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 116 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1026 MHz
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4722 vs 1557
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 781 vs 382
13.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75346 vs 5750
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 64.576 vs 18.461
8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 336.491 vs 41.941
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6096 vs 2488
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3351
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3322
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6096 vs 2488
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3351
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3322

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 15 March 2011
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s vs 28.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	1280 vs 192
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 116 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1026 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4722 vs 1557
PassMark - G2D Mark	781 vs 382
Geekbench - OpenCL	75346 vs 5750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.576 vs 18.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	336.491 vs 41.941
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6096 vs 2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6096 vs 2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3322

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Around 95% higher core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 925 MHz

Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 925 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4722

1557

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

781

382

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

75346

5750

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

64.576

18.461

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

336.491

41.941

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6096

2488

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3322

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6096

2488

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3322

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark	4722	1557
PassMark - G2D Mark	781	382
Geekbench - OpenCL	75346	5750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.576	18.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	336.491	41.941
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6096	2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6096	2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3322
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		354.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.511

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Trinidad	GF116
Launch date	5 May 2015	15 March 2011
Place in performance rating	412	1019
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$287.59
Value for money (0-100)		7.49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	1800 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops	691.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	192
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s	28.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	116 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	1,170 million
CUDA cores		192
Maximum GPU temperature		100 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	221 mm	8.25" (21 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	One 6-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	98.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	1026 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI