GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R7 370

GeForce GTX 960
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Jan 2015
GeForce GTX 960
Radeon R7 370
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2015
Radeon R7 370

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 960
    126%
  • Radeon R7 370
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 960
    134%
  • Radeon R7 370
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960

34% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R7 370

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 960

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 960

The GeForce GTX 960 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (36 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 960Radeon R7 370
GPU NameGM206 (GM206-300-A1)vsTrinidad (Trinidad PRO)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size228 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors2,940 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders1024vs1024
Compute Units8vs16
Core clock1127 MHzvs925 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs64vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 960Radeon R7 370
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 960Radeon R7 370
TDP120 wattsvs110 watts
Release Date22 Jan 2015vs18 Jun 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 960
    36.10 GP/s
  • Radeon R7 370
    31.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 960
    72.10 GT/s
  • Radeon R7 370
    62.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 960
    112.20 GB/s
  • Radeon R7 370
    179.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 960
    2308.10 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R7 370
    1996.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 960
    10380
  • Radeon R7 370
    8210

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Alien Isolation

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • GeForce GTX 960
    56
  • Radeon R7 370
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    28
  • Radeon R7 370
    20

FPS (higher is better)

Assassin's Creed: Unity

  • GeForce GTX 960
    10.4
  • Radeon R7 370
    4.8

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 960
    43.7
  • Radeon R7 370
    36.1

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 4

  • GeForce GTX 960
    31.2
  • Radeon R7 370
    24.3

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 960
    25
  • Radeon R7 370
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

  • GeForce GTX 960
    68.3
  • Radeon R7 370
    48.5

FPS (higher is better)

Civilization: Beyond Earth

  • GeForce GTX 960
    45.9
  • Radeon R7 370
    30.7

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

  • GeForce GTX 960
    15.8
  • Radeon R7 370
    14.2

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    37
  • Radeon R7 370
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • GeForce GTX 960
    44
  • Radeon R7 370
    30

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    27
  • Radeon R7 370
    19

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 960
    29
  • Radeon R7 370
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    46
  • Radeon R7 370
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Assassin's Creed: Unity

  • GeForce GTX 960
    19.7
  • Radeon R7 370
    16.1

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 960
    71.5
  • Radeon R7 370
    57.1

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 4

  • GeForce GTX 960
    49.2
  • Radeon R7 370
    37.7

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 960
    34
  • Radeon R7 370
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

  • GeForce GTX 960
    94.5
  • Radeon R7 370
    70.1

FPS (higher is better)

Civilization: Beyond Earth

  • GeForce GTX 960
    66.4
  • Radeon R7 370
    43.3

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

  • GeForce GTX 960
    26.3
  • Radeon R7 370
    22.2

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

  • GeForce GTX 960
    53
  • Radeon R7 370
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    53
  • Radeon R7 370
    43

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    36
  • Radeon R7 370
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 960
    40
  • Radeon R7 370
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    17
  • Radeon R7 370
    11

FPS (higher is better)

Assassin's Creed: Unity

  • GeForce GTX 960
    9.6
  • Radeon R7 370
    5.7

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 960
    20.9
  • Radeon R7 370
    17.6

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 4

  • GeForce GTX 960
    14.4
  • Radeon R7 370
    11.6

FPS (higher is better)

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

  • GeForce GTX 960
    38.9
  • Radeon R7 370
    25.1

FPS (higher is better)

Civilization: Beyond Earth

  • GeForce GTX 960
    28
  • Radeon R7 370
    18.5

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

  • GeForce GTX 960
    10.5
  • Radeon R7 370
    9.3

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • GeForce GTX 960
    22
  • Radeon R7 370
    16

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    14
  • Radeon R7 370
    10

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 960
    7
  • Radeon R7 370
    7

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • GeForce GTX 960
    13
  • Radeon R7 370
    10

FPS (higher is better)