GeForce PCX 5900 vs Radeon R9 370

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 370 and GeForce PCX 5900, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 370
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 110 Watt
12.26
+13522%

R9 370 outperforms PCX 5900 by a whopping 13522% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4041460
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.64no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameTrinidadNV35
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 years ago)17 March 2003 (21 year ago)

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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed925 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed975 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million135 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Wattno data
Texture fill rate78.002.800
Floating-point processing power2.496 TFLOPSno data
ROPs324
TMUs808

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length221 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz275 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s17.6 GB/s

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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0a
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 370 12.26
+13522%
PCX 5900 0.09

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 370 4722
+13788%
PCX 5900 34

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD45-0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.26 0.09
Recency 5 May 2015 17 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

R9 370 has a 13522.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R9 370 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce PCX 5900 in performance tests.


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