Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon R9 370
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 480
1536 Mb GDDR5
Released 26 Mar 2010
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 370
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 5 May 2015
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 480100%
- Radeon R9 370136%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 480
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 370
- 140 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 480 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Around 36% higher average synthetic performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon R9 370
The Radeon R9 370 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | Radeon R9 370 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-375-A3) | Trinidad (Trinidad PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 480 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 15 | 24 |
| Core clock | 701 MHz | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 60 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | Radeon R9 370 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 924 MHz
3696 MHz effective | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 480 | Radeon R9 370 |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | 110 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | 5 May 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 48021.00 GP/s
- Radeon R9 37031.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 48042.10 GT/s
- Radeon R9 37078.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 480177.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 370179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 4801345.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 3702496.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 4805700
- Radeon R9 3707790
Points (higher is better)