Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition vs Radeon R9 270
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270 |
| 5% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon R9 270
The Radeon R9 270 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Pitcairn (Pitcairn XT) | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| TDP | 175 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Mar 2012 | vs | 13 Nov 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
FPS (higher is better)