RTX A2000 Max-Q vs Radeon R7 370
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 468 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 5.78 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 7.48 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Trinidad | GA107 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 18 June 2015 (10 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $149 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 682 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 975 MHz | 1207 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 8,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 95 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 62.40 | 96.56 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.997 TFLOPS | 6.18 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| TMUs | 64 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 80 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 256 KB | 2.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 2 MB |
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 x16 |
| Length | 152 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 975 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 176.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | Portable Device Dependent |
| 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 and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.3 |
| Mantle | + | - |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 June 2015 | 12 April 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 95 Watt |
RTX A2000 Max-Q has an age advantage of 5 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 15.8% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 370 and RTX A2000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R7 370 is a desktop graphics card while RTX A2000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.
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