GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon R9 370

GeForce GTX 1080
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: 27 May 2016
GeForce GTX 1080
Radeon R9 370
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 5 May 2015
Radeon R9 370

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    387%
  • Radeon R9 370
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    611%
  • Radeon R9 370
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080

511% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 370

70 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1080 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 1080

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1080

The GeForce GTX 1080 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 1080Radeon R9 370
GPU NameGP104 (GP104-400-A1)vsTrinidad (Trinidad PRO)
Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
Die Size314 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors7,200 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders2560vs1280
Compute Units20vs24
Core clock1607 MHzvs925 MHz
ROPs64vs32
TMUs160vs80

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 1080Radeon R9 370
Memory TypeGDDR5XvsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1251 MHz
10008 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1080Radeon R9 370
TDP180 wattsvs110 watts
Release Date27 May 2016vs5 May 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    102.80 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 370
    31.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    257.10 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 370
    78.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    320.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 370
    179.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    8228.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 370
    2496.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    30160
  • Radeon R9 370
    7790

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    133
  • Radeon R9 370
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    90
  • Radeon R9 370
    20

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1080
    47
  • Radeon R9 370
    5

FPS (higher is better)