AMD Radeon R9 370X vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 370X

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NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

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Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 96% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
4.7x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	27 August 2015 vs 5 June 2006
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

2.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 82.4 GTexel / s
Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 180 Watt

Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 82.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370X	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
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 - G3D Mark		202
PassMark - G2D Mark		413

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370X	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Trinidad	G71
Launch date	27 August 2015	5 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$599
Place in performance rating	288	280
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$54.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	221 mm	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	2x 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3