Radeon RX 480 vs Radeon R9 370
Summary
Radeon RX 480
236%
Radeon R9 370
100%
Relative performance
Radeon RX 480
325%
Radeon R9 370
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 480 |
| 225% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 370 |
| 40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 480 . |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 480
The Radeon RX 480 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | | Radeon R9 370 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) | vs | Trinidad (Trinidad PRO) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 36 | vs | 24 |
| Core clock | 1120 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 144 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 480 | | Radeon R9 370 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 480 | | Radeon R9 370 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 110 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | vs | 5 May 2015 |
Radeon RX 480
40.50 GP/s
Radeon R9 370
31.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
182.30 GT/s
Radeon R9 370
78.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
256.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 370
179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
5834.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 370
2496.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon RX 480
18430
Radeon R9 370
7790
Points (higher is better)
Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 480
74
Radeon R9 370
30
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 480
50
Radeon R9 370
20
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 480
24
Radeon R9 370
5
FPS (higher is better)