Radeon R9 370 vs Radeon R9 290
Summary
Radeon R9 370
100%
Radeon R9 290
198%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290 |
| Around 98% higher average synthetic 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 290
The Radeon R9 290 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 370 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Trinidad (Trinidad PRO) | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 24 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 925 MHz | vs | 947 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 370 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 370 | | Radeon R9 290 | |
|---|
| TDP | 110 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 5 May 2015 | vs | 5 Nov 2013 |
Radeon R9 370
31.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 370
78.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 370
179.20 GB/s
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 370
2496.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 370
7790
Radeon R9 290
15440
Points (higher is better)