AMD Radeon R9 370
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon R9 370
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 370 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

267
Place in performance rating
223
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Value for money (0-100)
60.47
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Trinidad
Code name
GM206
Desktop
Type
Desktop
5 May 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
22 January 2015 (6 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$248
Price now
$444 (2.2x MSRP)
13.35
Value for money
10.46
Trinidad
GPU code name
GM206
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 370 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
1024
925 MHz
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
975 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
2,940 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
110 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
78.00
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
2,496 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
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CUDA cores
1024
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
975 MHz
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
2,800 million
Number of transistors
2,940 million
110 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 370 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
221 mm
Length
9.5" (24.1 cm)
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
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Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R9 370 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
5600 MHz
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
179.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 370 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 370 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Surround
+
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Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
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GameStream
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GameWorks
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 370 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
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Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 370 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 370 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 370

Cheaper ($248 vs $444 (2.2x MSRP))

More pipelines (1280 vs 1024)

Less power consumption (110 Watt vs 120 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 112 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

5.8% faster in synthetic tests

G-SYNC support

So, AMD Radeon R9 370 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 .

AMD Radeon R9 370 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 370
2.5 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960