Radeon R7 350 vs R9 370

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 370 and Radeon R7 350, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 370
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 110 Watt
12.25
+119%

R9 370 outperforms R7 350 by a whopping 119% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking403603
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.636.97
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameTrinidadCape Verde
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 years ago)6 July 2016 (8 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 cores1280512
Core clock speed925 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed975 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt55 Watt
Texture fill rate78.0025.60
Floating-point processing power2.496 TFLOPS0.8192 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs8032

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 3.0 x16
Length221 mm168 mm
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s72 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 HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

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 HD45
+150%
18−21
−150%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.25 5.59
Recency 5 May 2015 6 July 2016
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 55 Watt

R9 370 has a 119.1% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

R7 350, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 370 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 350 in performance tests.


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