GeForce GTX 980MX vs Radeon R7 370

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking404not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.43no data
Power efficiency7.58no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameTrinidadGM204
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date18 June 2015 (9 years ago)1 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores10241664
Core clock speedno data1050 MHz
Boost clock speed975 MHz1178 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt148 Watt
Texture fill rate62.40122.5
Floating-point processing power1.997 TFLOPS3.92 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs64104

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length152 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed975 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
VCE+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
Mantle+-
CUDA-5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 June 2015 1 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 148 Watt

R7 370 has 34.5% lower power consumption.

GTX 980MX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 370 and GeForce GTX 980MX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 370 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 980MX is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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AMD Radeon R7 370
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