AMD Radeon R9 370: specs and benchmarks

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R9 370
Radeon R9 370
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 925 MHz
  • Max video memory 4096
  • Memory type GDDR5
  • Memory clock speed 5600 MHz
  • Maximum resolution
Year of release 2015
Performance 12.00

Summary

AMD started Radeon R9 370 sales 5 May 2015. This is a desktop graphics card based on a GCN 1.0 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5.6 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 179.2 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 221 mm. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 110 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at

12.00%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about Radeon R9 370: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking321
Value for money2.86
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameTrinidad
Market segmentDesktop
Release date5 May 2015 (8 years old)
Current price$247 of 158889 (A100 PCIe)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

Radeon R9 370's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 370's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1280of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed925 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed975 MHzof 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors2,800 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology28 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)110 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate78.00of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance2,496 gflopsof 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon R9 370 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16
Length221 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 370: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GBof 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed5600 MHzof 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/sof 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 370. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI+

API support

APIs supported by Radeon R9 370, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.1
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL1.2
Vulkan1.2.131

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon R9 370. 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.

R9 370 12.00

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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: 24%

R9 370 4722

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 seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

R9 370 5249

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon R9 370. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 336 Mh/s  

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon R9 370 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD45

Relative perfomance

Radeon R9 370's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.


Conclusion

Radeon R9 370 is a middle-level video card based on an outdated GCN 1.0 core and released only in OEM variant, so it never was actually sold directly to end users.

Some video FPS benchmarks:

NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon R9 370 is GeForce GTX 760, which is faster by 1% and higher by 4 positions in our ranking.

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Recommended processors

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