Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R9 370
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 570
1280 Mb GDDR5
Released 7 Dec 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 570100%
- Radeon R9 370132%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 570
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
- 109 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 570 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Around 32% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 570 | Radeon R9 370 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-275-A1) | Trinidad (Trinidad PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 480 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 15 | 24 |
| Core clock | 732 MHz | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 40 | 32 |
| TMUs | 60 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 570 | Radeon R9 370 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 320 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 950 MHz
3800 MHz effective | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1280 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 570 | Radeon R9 370 |
|---|
| TDP | 219 watts | 110 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Dec 2010 | 5 May 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 57022.00 GP/s
- Radeon R9 37031.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 57043.90 GT/s
- Radeon R9 37078.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 570152.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 370179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 5701405.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 3702496.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 5705860
- Radeon R9 3707790
Points (higher is better)