Graphics card comparison
Radeon R9 370 vs Radeon HD 8870 OEM
AMD
Radeon R9 370
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 5 May 2015
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 8870 OEM
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Jan 2013
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 370
- 65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 8870 OEM .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 the Radeon HD 8870 OEM
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon R9 370 | Radeon HD 8870 OEM |
|---|
| GPU Name | Trinidad (Trinidad PRO) | Pitcairn (Pitcairn XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 24 | 20 |
| Core clock | 925 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon R9 370 | Radeon HD 8870 OEM |
|---|
| 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 8870 OEM |
|---|
| TDP | 110 watts | 175 watts |
| Release Date | 5 May 2015 | 8 Jan 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon R9 37031.20 GP/s
- Radeon HD 8870 OEM32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon R9 37078.00 GT/s
- Radeon HD 8870 OEM80.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon R9 370179.20 GB/s
- Radeon HD 8870 OEM154.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon R9 3702496.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 8870 OEM2560.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better