AMD Radeon R9 370X vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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: 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 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 1280 vs 128
6.1x better floating-point performance: 2,637 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
5.1x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Launch date	27 August 2015 vs 28 March 2008
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	1280 vs 128
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Around 72% higher core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 180 Watt

Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 980 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370X	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
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		366
PassMark - G3D Mark		769

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370X	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Trinidad	G92
Launch date	27 August 2015	28 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$299
Place in performance rating	516	404
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	1688 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops	432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1280	128
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s	43.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	221 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI