AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition vs AMD Radeon E8860

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition and AMD Radeon E8860 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 35% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 800 MHz vs 625 MHz
  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 32 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
  • Around 28% better floating-point performance: 1,024 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.151 vs 20.395
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.321 vs 1.683
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.932 vs 15.803
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 111.138 vs 47.86
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2862 vs 1246
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1667 vs 1655
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2862 vs 1246
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1667 vs 1655
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 25 January 2014
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 575 MHz
Boost clock speed 800 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate 32 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,024 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.151 vs 20.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.321 vs 1.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.932 vs 15.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 111.138 vs 47.86
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2862 vs 1246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1667 vs 1655
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2862 vs 1246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1667 vs 1655

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8860

  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1686 vs 1554
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 436 vs 354
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26300 vs 9631
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 529.248 vs 516.994
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4345 vs 3326
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4345 vs 3326
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1686 vs 1554
PassMark - G2D Mark 436 vs 354
Geekbench - OpenCL 26300 vs 9631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 529.248 vs 516.994
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4345 vs 3326
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4345 vs 3326

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8860

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1554
1686
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
354
436
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9631
26300
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
25.151
20.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
516.994
529.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.321
1.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
32.932
15.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
111.138
47.86
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2862
1246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1667
1655
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3326
4345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2862
1246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1667
1655
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3326
4345
Name AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition AMD Radeon E8860
PassMark - G3D Mark 1554 1686
PassMark - G2D Mark 354 436
Geekbench - OpenCL 9631 26300
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.151 20.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 516.994 529.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.321 1.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.932 15.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 111.138 47.86
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2862 1246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1667 1655
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3326 4345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2862 1246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1667 1655
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3326 4345

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition AMD Radeon E8860

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Tropo Venus
Launch date 5 May 2015 25 January 2014
Place in performance rating 1027 1028
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 800 MHz 625 MHz
Core clock speed 775 MHz 575 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,024 gflops 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 640
Texture fill rate 32 GTexel / s 25 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,500 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 37 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5