The R9 380 might be the high-end flagship of the latest GCN 1.0 set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most mid-range PC gamers. On the other hand, the R7 370 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 149. AMD ’s xx70 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the GCN 1.0 graphics card inside the R7 370, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The R7 370 is much more cheaper than the R9 270 as it costs $ 149. Compare this to the R9 270, which came originally at a price of $ 179. Meanwhile, the NVIDIA closest equivalent card is the GTX 760 which costs $ 249. Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, GTX 760, the R7 370 was -20.3 % slower.
NVIDIA ’s xx30 cards have always been defined by budget prices with performance that knocks on the door of entry-level graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Pascal graphics card inside the GT 1030, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
| Year | Game | Frames Per Second |
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| 2019 | Apex Legends |
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| 2019 | Anthem |
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| 2019 | Far Cry New Dawn |
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| 2019 | Resident Evil 2 |
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| 2019 | Metro Exodus |
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| 2019 | World War Z |
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| 2019 | Gears of War 5 |
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| 2019 | F1 2019 |
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| 2019 | GreedFall |
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| 2019 | Borderlands 3 |
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| 2019 | Call of Duty Modern Warfare |
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| 2019 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
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| 2019 | Need For Speed: Heat |
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| 2018 | Forza Horizon 4 |
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| 2018 | Hitman 2 |
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| 2018 | Just Cause 4 |
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| 2018 | Monster Hunter: World |
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| 2018 | Strange Brigade |
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| 2017 | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds |
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| 2017 | Fortnite Battle Royale |
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| 2017 | Need For Speed: Payback |
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| 2017 | For Honor |
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| 2017 | Project CARS 2 |
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| 2017 | Forza Motorsport 7 |
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| 2016 | Overwatch |
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| 2016 | Dishonored 2 |
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| 2015 | Rocket League |
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| 2015 | Need For Speed |
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| 2015 | Project CARS |
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| 2015 | Rainbow Six Siege |
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| 2012 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
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| 2009 | League of Legends |
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| R7 370 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | C631, C634 | PG110 |
| Length | 6 inches 152 mm | 5.7 inches 145 mm |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Single-slot |
| TDP | 110 W | 30 W |
| R7 370 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 975 MHz | 1468 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 925 MHz | 1228 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1400 MHz 5600 MHz effective | 1502 MHz 6008 MHz effective |
| R7 370 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Generation | Pirate Islands (R7 300) | GeForce 1000 |
| Launch Price | 149 USD | 79 USD |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Release Date | Jun 18th, 2015 | May 17th, 2017 |
| R7 370 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.77 | 1.1.82 |
| R7 370 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Pascal |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 74 mm² |
| GPU Name | Trinidad | GP108 |
| GPU Variant | Trinidad PRO (215-0870020) | GP108-300-A1 |
| Process Size | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | 1,800 million |
| R7 370 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 48.06 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Size | 2048 MB | 2048 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| R7 370 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 384 |
| TMUs | 64 | 24 |
| R7 370 | GT 1030 | |
|---|---|---|
| FP32 (float) performance | 1,997 GFLOPS | 1,127 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 124.8 GFLOPS (1:16) | 35.23 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| Pixel Rate | 31.20 GPixel/s | 23.49 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 62.40 GTexel/s | 35.23 GTexel/s |
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