Radeon R9 370 vs GeForce GTX 770

Place in performance ranking	320	371
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	3.55	1.74
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GK104	Trinidad
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	30 May 2013 (10 years old)	5 May 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data
Current price	$254 (0.6x MSRP)	$325

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 770 has 104% better value for money than R9 370.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	1280
CUDA cores	1536	no data
Core clock speed	1046 MHz	925 MHz
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz	975 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	230 Watt	110 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	134 billion/sec	78.00
Floating-point performance	3,333 gflops	2,496 gflops

Size and 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 support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	221 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Minimum recommended system power	600 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	One 8-pin and one 6-pin	1x 6-pin

Memory

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	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz	5600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.3 GB/s	179.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision	+	no data
PhysX	+	no data
3D Vision Live	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

GTX 770 15.30
+25.5%

R9 370 12.19

GeForce GTX 770 outperforms Radeon R9 370 by 26% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 770 5925
+25.5%

R9 370 4722

GeForce GTX 770 outperforms Radeon R9 370 by 25% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 770 8150
+55.3%

R9 370 5249

GeForce GTX 770 outperforms Radeon R9 370 by 55% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.