Radeon R9 270 vs Radeon R7 370

Radeon R9 270
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Nov 2013
Radeon R9 270
Radeon R7 370
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2015
Radeon R7 370

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Radeon R9 270
    100%
  • Radeon R7 370
    104%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R7 370

40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon R9 270Radeon R7 370
GPU NameCuracao (Curacao PRO)vsTrinidad (Trinidad PRO)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size212 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors2,800 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders1280vs1024
Compute Units20vs16
Core clock900 MHzvs925 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs80vs64

Memory Configuration

Radeon R9 270Radeon R7 370
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon R9 270Radeon R7 370
TDP150 wattsvs110 watts
Release Date13 Nov 2013vs18 Jun 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon R9 270
    28.80 GP/s
  • Radeon R7 370
    31.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon R9 270
    72.00 GT/s
  • Radeon R7 370
    62.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon R9 270
    179.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R7 370
    179.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon R9 270
    2304.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R7 370
    1996.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • Radeon R9 270
    7820
  • Radeon R7 370
    8210

Points (higher is better)