Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 580 vs Radeon R7 370
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 580
1536 Mb GDDR5
Released 9 Nov 2010
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 370
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Jun 2015
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 580100%
- Radeon R7 370124%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 580
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 370
- 134 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 580 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Around 24% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R7 370
The Radeon R7 370 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 580 | Radeon R7 370 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-375-A1) | Trinidad (Trinidad PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 512 | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 16 | 16 |
| Core clock | 772 MHz | 925 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 580 | Radeon R7 370 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 580 | Radeon R7 370 |
|---|
| TDP | 244 watts | 110 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Nov 2010 | 18 Jun 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 58024.70 GP/s
- Radeon R7 37031.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 58049.40 GT/s
- Radeon R7 37062.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 580192.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 370179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 5801581.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 3701996.80 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 5806600
- Radeon R7 3708210
Points (higher is better)