GeForce GTX 760 vs Radeon R9 270X

GeForce GTX 760
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jun 2013
GeForce GTX 760
Radeon R9 270X
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Oct 2013
Radeon R9 270X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 760
    100%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    101%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 760
    104%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 760

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270X

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (33 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 760Radeon R9 270X
GPU NameGK104 (GK104-225-A2)vsCuracao (Curacao XT)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size294 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors3,540 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders1152vs1280
Compute Units6vs20
Core clock980 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs96vs80

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 760Radeon R9 270X
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 760Radeon R9 270X
TDP170 wattsvs180 watts
Release Date25 Jun 2013vs8 Oct 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 760
    23.50 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 270X
    32.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 760
    94.10 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 270X
    80.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 760
    192.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 270X
    179.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 760
    2258.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 270X
    2560.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 760
    8600
  • Radeon R9 270X
    8700

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Assassin's Creed: Unity

  • GeForce GTX 760
    18
  • Radeon R9 270X
    17.7

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 760
    69.8
  • Radeon R9 270X
    66.4

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 4

  • GeForce GTX 760
    46.3
  • Radeon R9 270X
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 760
    34
  • Radeon R9 270X
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

  • GeForce GTX 760
    72.7
  • Radeon R9 270X
    84.8

FPS (higher is better)

Civilization: Beyond Earth

  • GeForce GTX 760
    50.2
  • Radeon R9 270X
    53.6

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

  • GeForce GTX 760
    28.5
  • Radeon R9 270X
    25.5

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 760
    46
  • Radeon R9 270X
    42

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 760
    22
  • Radeon R9 270X
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Assassin's Creed: Unity

  • GeForce GTX 760
    9.9
  • Radeon R9 270X
    5.1

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 760
    42.8
  • Radeon R9 270X
    41.9

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 4

  • GeForce GTX 760
    30.1
  • Radeon R9 270X
    27.7

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra, 4x MSAA, 16x AF, HBAO

  • GeForce GTX 760
    24
  • Radeon R9 270X
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 760
    41
  • Radeon R9 270X
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

  • GeForce GTX 760
    52.7
  • Radeon R9 270X
    62.1

FPS (higher is better)

Civilization: Beyond Earth

  • GeForce GTX 760
    34.7
  • Radeon R9 270X
    38.7

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

  • GeForce GTX 760
    17
  • Radeon R9 270X
    16.1

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 760
    31
  • Radeon R9 270X
    28

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 760
    37
  • Radeon R9 270X
    39

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 760
    17
  • Radeon R9 270X
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Assassin's Creed: Unity

  • GeForce GTX 760
    9.4
  • Radeon R9 270X
    7

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 3

  • GeForce GTX 760
    20
  • Radeon R9 270X
    20.3

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 4

  • GeForce GTX 760
    14.5
  • Radeon R9 270X
    13.3

FPS (higher is better)

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

  • GeForce GTX 760
    29.7
  • Radeon R9 270X
    35.1

FPS (higher is better)

Civilization: Beyond Earth

  • GeForce GTX 760
    20.1
  • Radeon R9 270X
    24.3

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

  • GeForce GTX 760
    9.7
  • Radeon R9 270X
    10.8

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 760
    9
  • Radeon R9 270X
    11

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 4

DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO

  • GeForce GTX 760
    54
  • Radeon R9 270X
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • GeForce GTX 760
    64
  • Radeon R9 270X
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 760
    39
  • Radeon R9 270X
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 760
    52
  • Radeon R9 270X
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 760
    54
  • Radeon R9 270X
    48

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal

  • GeForce GTX 760
    41
  • Radeon R9 270X
    38

FPS (higher is better)