AMD Radeon R9 370X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 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

  • Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 49.2 billion / sec
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
  • Around 44% better floating-point performance: 2,637 gflops vs 1,825 gflops
  • 933.3x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s
  • Around 54% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 25659 vs 16712
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 65.071 vs 60.473
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1139.703 vs 758.865
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.39 vs 4.279
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 88.44 vs 29.738
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 337.583 vs 231.508
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8393 vs 6803
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8393 vs 6803
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 82.4 GTexel / s vs 49.2 billion / sec
Pipelines 1280 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,637 gflops vs 1,825 gflops
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz vs 6.6 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 25659 vs 16712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.071 vs 60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1139.703 vs 758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.39 vs 4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.44 vs 29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 337.583 vs 231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8393 vs 6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 vs 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8393 vs 6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 vs 3697

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1188 MHz vs 1030 MHz
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 180 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1024 MHz vs 980 MHz
Boost clock speed 1188 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3348

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
25659
16712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
65.071
60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1139.703
758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.39
4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
88.44
29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
337.583
231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8393
6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8393
6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
3356
Name AMD Radeon R9 370X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Geekbench - OpenCL 25659 16712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.071 60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1139.703 758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.39 4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.44 29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 337.583 231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8393 6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8393 6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 3356
PassMark - G3D Mark 5336
PassMark - G2D Mark 643
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1862

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 370X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Trinidad GM206
Launch date 27 August 2015 20 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $199 $159
Place in performance rating 553 540
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $194.44
Value for money (0-100) 30.06

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz 1188 MHz
Core clock speed 980 MHz 1024 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,637 gflops 1,825 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 768
Texture fill rate 82.4 GTexel / s 49.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 90 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 2,940 million
CUDA cores 768

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 221 mm 7.938" (20.2 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pins
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 350 Watt
SLI options 2x

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB / s 105.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz 6.6 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround