GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon R9 270
Summary
GeForce GTX 590
124%
Radeon R9 270
100%
Relative performance
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 590 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
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GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-351-A1) | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 520 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 2,800 million |
Shaders | 512 | vs | 1280 |
Compute Units | 16 | vs | 20 |
Core clock | 608 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 64 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 590 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 384 bit x2 | vs | 256 bit |
Memory Speed | 854 MHz
3416 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 590 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
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TDP | 365 watts | vs | 150 watts |
Release Date | 24 Mar 2011 | vs | 13 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GTX 590
39.00 GP/s
Radeon R9 270
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 590
77.80 GT/s
Radeon R9 270
72.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 590
328.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 590
2488.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270
2304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 590
9740
Radeon R9 270
7820
Points (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 590
47
Radeon R9 270
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 590
62
Radeon R9 270
43
FPS (higher is better)