Radeon E8950 vs R9 370
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon R9 370 with Radeon E8950, including specs and performance data.
E8950 outperforms R9 370 by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 458 | 423 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 7.89 | 10.55 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Trinidad | Amethyst |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 5 May 2015 (10 years ago) | 29 September 2015 (10 years 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 cores | 1280 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 925 MHz | 735 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 975 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 5,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 95 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 78.00 | 128.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.496 TFLOPS | 4.096 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | 128 |
| L1 Cache | 384 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 512 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Length | 221 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 192.0 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
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 HD | 45
−11.1%
| 50−55
+11.1%
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Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 11.29 | 13.04 |
| Recency | 5 May 2015 | 29 September 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 95 Watt |
Radeon E8950 has a 15.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 15.8% lower power consumption.
The Radeon E8950 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 370 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon R9 370 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon E8950 is a notebook one.
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