AMD Radeon R9 370 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A 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 GTX 950A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 914 MHz
Around 96% higher texture fill rate: 78 GTexel / s vs 39.72 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
Around 96% better floating-point performance: 2,496 gflops vs 1,271 gflops
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4722 vs 2593
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 781 vs 271
7.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75346 vs 10220
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6096 vs 1973
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 2188
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3289
3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6096 vs 1973
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 2188
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3289

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 914 MHz
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s vs 39.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops vs 1,271 gflops
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 4000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4722 vs 2593
PassMark - G2D Mark	781 vs 271
Geekbench - OpenCL	75346 vs 10220
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6096 vs 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3289
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6096 vs 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3289

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 975 MHz
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 110 Watt

Boost clock speed	993 MHz vs 975 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 110 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4722

2593

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

781

271

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

75346

10220

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6096

1973

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

2188

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3289

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6096

1973

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

2188

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3289

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
PassMark - G3D Mark	4722	2593
PassMark - G2D Mark	781	271
Geekbench - OpenCL	75346	10220
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	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3289
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6096	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718	2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3289
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Maxwell
Code name	Trinidad	GM107
Launch date	5 May 2015	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	412	894
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	975 MHz	993 MHz
Core clock speed	925 MHz	914 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops	1,271 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	640
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s	39.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5