AMD Radeon R9 370X vs AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X and AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM 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: 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 370X

AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 730 MHz
Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 780 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
4.4x better floating-point performance: 2,637 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 25659 vs 24076

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 August 2015 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	25659 vs 24076

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

3.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 180 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

25659

24076

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370X	AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	25659	24076
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348
PassMark - G2D Mark		359
PassMark - G3D Mark		1000

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370X	AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Trinidad	Oland
Launch date	27 August 2015	5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	526	527
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	780 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	730 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops	599.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	384
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s	18.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3