NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
274
0.75
Value for money (0-100)
20.04
Tesla
Architecture
GCN 1.0
G84
Code name
Tahiti
Workstation
Type
Desktop
12 September 2007 (14 years ago)
Release date
19 November 2012 (9 years ago)
$129
Launch price (MSRP)
$270
$93 (0.7x MSRP)
Price now
$133 (0.5x MSRP)
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Value for money
13.51
G84
GPU code name
Tahiti
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

16
Pipelines
1536
360 MHz
Core clock speed
925 MHz
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Boost Clock
975 MHz
289 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
80 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
35 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
185 Watt
2.880
Texture fill rate
93.60
23.04 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,995 gflops
16
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
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Boost clock speed
975 MHz
289 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
35 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
185 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
198 mm
Length
267 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin

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 NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT can be seen in this section.

DDR2
Memory type
GDDR5
256 MB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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HDMI
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
3.3
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT 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 NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
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 NVIDIA Quadro FX 370

Cheaper ($93 (0.7x MSRP) vs $133 (0.5x MSRP))

Less power consumption (35 Watt vs 185 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

20.32% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 16)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 80 nm)

More memory bandwidth (192.0 GB/s vs 8 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT .

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 versus AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT performance benchmarks comparison

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