Arc 3 A370M vs Radeon R7 370

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	404	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.43	no data
Power efficiency	7.37	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Trinidad	DG2-128
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	18 June 2015 (9 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1024	1024
Boost clock speed	975 MHz	1550 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	62.40	99.20
Floating-point processing power	1.997 TFLOPS	3.174 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	64	64

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	152 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	no data

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	975 MHz	12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	96 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	-
CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
Mantle	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 June 2015	30 March 2022
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	35 Watt

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