AMD Radeon R9 370X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
  • Around 90% better floating-point performance: 2,637 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
  • Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 5012 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 25659 vs 12495
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 65.071 vs 49.772
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1139.703 vs 757.295
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.39 vs 3.67
  • Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 88.44 vs 49.875
  • Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 337.583 vs 179.567
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8393 vs 5157
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8393 vs 5157
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 August 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Texture fill rate 82.4 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 640
Floating-point performance 2,637 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 25659 vs 12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.071 vs 49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1139.703 vs 757.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.39 vs 3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.44 vs 49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 337.583 vs 179.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8393 vs 5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8393 vs 5157

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 980 MHz
  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 1030 MHz
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5834 vs 3704
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7859 vs 3348
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5834 vs 3704
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 7859 vs 3348
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 980 MHz
Boost clock speed 1085 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5834 vs 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7859 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5834 vs 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7859 vs 3348

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
25659
12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
65.071
49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1139.703
757.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5.39
3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
88.44
49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
337.583
179.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8393
5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
7859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8393
5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3704
5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3348
7859
Name AMD Radeon R9 370X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
Geekbench - OpenCL 25659 12495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 65.071 49.772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1139.703 757.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.39 3.67
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 88.44 49.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 337.583 179.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8393 5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3704 5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 7859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8393 5157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3704 5834
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 7859
PassMark - G3D Mark 3465
PassMark - G2D Mark 312

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 370X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Trinidad GM107
Launch date 27 August 2015 13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 552 553
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz 1085 MHz
Core clock speed 980 MHz 1029 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,637 gflops 1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 640
Texture fill rate 82.4 GTexel / s 43.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 1,870 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB / s 80.19 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5600 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5