Radeon R9 370 1024SP vs R9 280

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	333	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	10.99	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Trinidad
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	4 March 2014 (10 years old)	12 June 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	no data
Current price	$91 (0.3x MSRP)	$184

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	1792	1024
Core clock speed	no data	925 MHz
Boost clock speed	933 MHz	975 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	104.5	62.40
Floating-point performance	3,344 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 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	275 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-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	3 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	5600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	240 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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	+	no data
LiquidVR	1	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TressFX	1	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
UVD	+	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
Mantle	-	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	4 March 2014	12 June 2015
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	150 Watt

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