Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon R7 370
Summary
Radeon R9 290
188%
Radeon R7 370
100%
Relative performance
Radeon R9 290
204%
Radeon R7 370
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290 |
| 104% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R7 370 |
| 165 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 290
The Radeon R9 290 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (30 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 290 | | Radeon R7 370 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) | vs | Trinidad (Trinidad PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,200 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 2560 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 40 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 947 MHz | vs | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 160 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 290 | | Radeon R7 370 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 512 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 290 | | Radeon R7 370 | |
|---|
| TDP | 275 watts | vs | 110 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Nov 2013 | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
Radeon R7 370
31.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 370
62.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 370
179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 370
1996.80 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
15440
Radeon R7 370
8210
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 290
53
Radeon R7 370
27
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
33.3
Radeon R7 370
16.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
109.5
Radeon R7 370
57.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
69.1
Radeon R7 370
37.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon R9 290
59
Radeon R7 370
31
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
113
Radeon R7 370
70.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
95.1
Radeon R7 370
43.3
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
42.9
Radeon R7 370
22.2
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows
Radeon R9 290
66
Radeon R7 370
41
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 290
83
Radeon R7 370
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 290
45
Radeon R7 370
25
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 290
38
Radeon R7 370
20
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
20.9
Radeon R7 370
4.8
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
71.7
Radeon R7 370
36.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
46.2
Radeon R7 370
24.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon R9 290
43
Radeon R7 370
22
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
84.5
Radeon R7 370
48.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
67.8
Radeon R7 370
30.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
27.8
Radeon R7 370
14.2
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 290
53
Radeon R7 370
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 290
35
Radeon R7 370
19
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 290
23
Radeon R7 370
11
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
17.7
Radeon R7 370
5.7
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
35.2
Radeon R7 370
17.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
24
Radeon R7 370
11.6
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
49.3
Radeon R7 370
25.1
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
41.3
Radeon R7 370
18.5
FPS (higher is better)
Radeon R9 290
19.3
Radeon R7 370
9.3
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 290
27
Radeon R7 370
21
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon R9 290
21
Radeon R7 370
10
FPS (higher is better)