Radeon R7 265X OEM vs Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Radeon R7 265X OEM
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Aug 2014
Radeon R7 265X OEM
Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Mar 2015
Radeon R9 270 1024SP
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Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon R7 265X OEM

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 1024SP

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon R7 265X OEMRadeon R9 270 1024SP
GPU NameCuracao (Curacao PRO)vsPitcairn (Pitcairn PRO)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size212 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors2,800 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders1280vs1024
Compute Units20vs16
Core clock900 MHzvs900 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs80vs64

Memory Configuration

Radeon R7 265X OEMRadeon R9 270 1024SP
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
vs1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon R7 265X OEMRadeon R9 270 1024SP
TDP150 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date12 Aug 2014vs13 Mar 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon R7 265X OEM
    28.80 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
    29.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon R7 265X OEM
    72.00 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
    59.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon R7 265X OEM
    179.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
    153.60 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon R7 265X OEM
    2304.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
    1894.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better