AMD Radeon R9 370X vs AMD Radeon HD 8830M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X and AMD Radeon HD 8830M 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 70% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • Around 79% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 2,637 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8393 vs 2695
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8393 vs 2695
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 August 2015 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 980 MHz vs 575 MHz
Boost clock speed 1030 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate 82.4 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 640
Floating-point performance 2,637 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8393 vs 2695
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8393 vs 2695

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8830M

  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5106 vs 3704
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11302 vs 3348
  • Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5106 vs 3704
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11302 vs 3348
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5106 vs 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 11302 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5106 vs 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 11302 vs 3348

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8830M

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8393
2695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
5106
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
11302
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8393
2695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
5106
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
11302
Name AMD Radeon R9 370X AMD Radeon HD 8830M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 337.583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8393 2695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 5106
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 11302
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8393 2695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 5106
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 11302

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 370X AMD Radeon HD 8830M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Trinidad Venus
Launch date 27 August 2015 1 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 515 434
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz 575 MHz
Core clock speed 980 MHz 575 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,637 gflops 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 640
Texture fill rate 82.4 GTexel / s 25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 1,500 million
Compute units 10

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB / s 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0