AMD Radeon R9 370X vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X and AMD Radeon HD 8970M 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• Around 15% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 850 MHz
• Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 850 MHz
• Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 72 GTexel / s
• Around 14% better floating-point performance: 2,637 gflops vs 2,304 gflops
• Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 4800 MHz
• Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 25659 vs 20588
• Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 65.071 vs 57.241
• Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 337.583 vs 268.643
• 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8393 vs 2521
• Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 2595
• 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8393 vs 2521
• Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 2595

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M

• Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 180 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1223.742 vs 1139.703
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.78 vs 5.39
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 89.306 vs 88.44

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	25659 20588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	65.071 57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1139.703 1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5.39 5.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	88.44 89.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	337.583 268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8393 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3704 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3348 2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8393 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3704 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3348 2595

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