Radeon R7 370 vs HD 7850

Place in performance ranking	415	376
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.40	1.37
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	Trinidad (Pitcairn)
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	reference
Release date	5 March 2012 (12 years old)	5 May 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$149
Current price	$267 (1.1x MSRP)	$378 (2.5x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 7850 has 2% better value for money than R7 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	1024	1024
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	975 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	55.04	62.40
Floating-point performance	1,761 gflops	1,997 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	PCIe 2.1 x16	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	152 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1 x 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	1200 MHz	975 MHz
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	179.2 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	1	+
Number of Eyefinity displays	no data	6
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	-	+

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	+
CrossFire	1	1
Enduro	-	-
FreeSync	1	1
HD3D	-	-
PowerTune	-	-
TrueAudio	-	+
ZeroCore	-	-
VCE	no data	+
DDMA audio	no data	+

API support

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

DirectX	12	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	+
Mantle	-	+

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.

HD 7850 9.95

R7 370 11.67
+17.3%

R7 370 outperforms HD 7850 by 17% 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%

HD 7850 3853

R7 370 4520
+17.3%

R7 370 outperforms HD 7850 by 17% 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%

HD 7850 5210

R7 370 5961
+14.4%

R7 370 outperforms HD 7850 by 14% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Unigine Heaven 4.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark, a newer version of Unigine 3.0 with relatively small differences. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. The benchmark is still sometimes used, despite its significant age, as it was released back in 2013.

Benchmark coverage: 1%

HD 7850 634

R7 370 702
+10.7%

R7 370 outperforms HD 7850 by 11% in Unigine Heaven 4.0.