Radeon RX 5300M vs R9 370

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Aggregated performance score

R9 370
2015
4096 MB GDDR5
12.20
+9.6%

R9 370 outperforms RX 5300M by 10% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking373389
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.7612.58
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code nameTrinidadNavi 14 / E19M-E65
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 years ago)13 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price$325 $525

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5300M has 615% better value for money than R9 370.

Detailed specifications

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 cores12801408
Core clock speed925 MHz1036 MHz
Boost clock speed975 MHz1445 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate78.00127.2
Floating-point performance2,496 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 370 and Radeon RX 5300M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length221 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed5600 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s168.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

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.

R9 370 12.20
+9.6%
RX 5300M 11.13

R9 370 outperforms RX 5300M by 10% 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%

R9 370 4722
+9.6%
RX 5300M 4307

R9 370 outperforms RX 5300M by 10% 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%

R9 370 5249
RX 5300M 10306
+96.3%

RX 5300M outperforms R9 370 by 96% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD45
−37.8%
62
+37.8%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.20 11.13
Recency 5 May 2015 13 November 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 65 Watt

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon R9 370 and Radeon RX 5300M.

Be aware that Radeon R9 370 is a desktop card while Radeon RX 5300M is a notebook one.


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