Graphics card comparison
Radeon R9 370 vs Radeon HD 7850
AMD
Radeon R9 370
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 5 May 2015
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 7850
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 5 Mar 2012
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon R9 370114%
- Radeon HD 7850100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 370
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Around 14% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7850
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
| Radeon R9 370 | Radeon HD 7850 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Trinidad (Trinidad PRO) | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 24 | 16 |
| Core clock | 925 MHz | 860 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon R9 370 | Radeon HD 7850 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 370 | Radeon HD 7850 |
|---|
| TDP | 110 watts | 130 watts |
| Release Date | 5 May 2015 | 5 Mar 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon R9 37031.20 GP/s
- Radeon HD 785027.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon R9 37078.00 GT/s
- Radeon HD 785055.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon R9 370179.20 GB/s
- Radeon HD 7850154.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon R9 3702496.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 78501761.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon R9 3707790
- Radeon HD 78506820
Points (higher is better)