Radeon HD 6850 X2 vs Radeon R9 270
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6850 X2 |
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270 |
104 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6850 X2 . |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6850 X2 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
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GPU Name | Barts (Barts PRO) | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 255 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
Transistors | 1,700 million | vs | 2,800 million |
Shaders | 960 | vs | 1280 |
Compute Units | 12 | vs | 20 |
Core clock | 800 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 48 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6850 X2 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | vs | 256 bit |
Memory Speed | 1050 MHz
4200 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6850 X2 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
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TDP | 254 watts | vs | 150 watts |
Release Date | 19 Sep 2011 | vs | 13 Nov 2013 |
Radeon HD 6850 X2
51.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 270
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850 X2
76.80 GT/s
Radeon R9 270
72.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850 X2
268.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6850 X2
3072.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270
2304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better