GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon R9 270

GeForce GTX 590
Memory: 1536Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 24 Mar 2011
GeForce GTX 590
Radeon R9 270
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Nov 2013
Radeon R9 270

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 590
    124%
  • Radeon R9 270
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 590
    147%
  • Radeon R9 270
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 590

47% higher gaming performance.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270

215 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 590 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Mantle
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 590

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 590

The GeForce GTX 590 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 590Radeon R9 270
GPU NameGF110 (GF110-351-A1)vsCuracao (Curacao PRO)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size520 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders512vs1280
Compute Units16vs20
Core clock608 MHzvs900 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs64vs80

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 590Radeon R9 270
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width384 bit x2vs256 bit
Memory Speed854 MHz
3416 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size1536 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 590Radeon R9 270
TDP365 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date24 Mar 2011vs13 Nov 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 590
    39.00 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 270
    28.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 590
    77.80 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 270
    72.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 590
    328.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 270
    179.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 590
    2488.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 270
    2304.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 590
    9740
  • Radeon R9 270
    7820

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 590
    47
  • Radeon R9 270
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 590
    62
  • Radeon R9 270
    43

FPS (higher is better)