AMD Radeon R9 370X vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X and NVIDIA GeForce 205 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: 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

NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 66% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 589 MHz
35x more texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
160x more pipelines: 1280 vs 8
117.6x better floating-point performance: 2,637 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
7x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	27 August 2015 vs 26 November 2009
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 8
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

5.8x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 180 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370X	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
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		309
PassMark - G3D Mark		126

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370X	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Trinidad	GT218
Launch date	27 August 2015	26 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	516	519
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops	22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1280	8
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s	2.356 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	221 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2