Radeon R9 270 Overview

Radeon R9 270
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Nov 2013

Core Configuration

GPU	Curacao
Architecture	AMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs	1280 : 80 : 32
Raytracing Cores	none
Performance	2304.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size	2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width	256 bit
Memory Speed	1400 MHz 5600 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth	179.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

GeForce GTX TITAN Z
323%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
295%
Radeon R9 295X2
289%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
285%
Radeon R9 FURY X
279%
Radeon R9 FURY
261%
Radeon R9 Nano
251%
GeForce GTX 980
224%
GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
211%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
207%
GeForce GTX TITAN
196%
Radeon R9 290X
187%
GeForce GTX 970
187%
GeForce GTX 780
187%
Radeon R9 290
173%
Radeon R9 380X
163%
Radeon R9 280X
143%
GeForce GTX 770
142%
Radeon HD 6990
140%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
140%
Radeon R9 285
136%
GeForce GTX 680
127%
Radeon HD 7970
121%
GeForce GTX 670
119%
GeForce GTX 960
119%
GeForce GTX 760
114%
Radeon HD 7950
112%
GeForce GTX 950
105%
Radeon R9 270X
105%
Radeon R9 270
100%
Radeon HD 7870 XT
97%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
95%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
95%
GeForce GTX 580
90%
Radeon R7 265
88%
GeForce GTX 660
84%
GeForce GTX 750
77%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
75%
GeForce GTX 480
75%
Radeon HD 6970
75%
Radeon HD 7850
73%
Radeon R7 260X
65%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
59%
Radeon HD 7790
56%
Radeon HD 6870
56%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
2%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R9 270 is a graphics card released by AMD on 13 Nov 2013. The graphics card houses the Curacao die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 2,800 million transistors on a 28 nm, 212 mm2 die.

Radeon R9 270 pros and cons

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards


	Radeon R9 270	GeForce GTX 950	GeForce GTX 960	GeForce GTX 750 Ti	Radeon R7 265
		compare	compare	compare	compare
Shader units	1280	768	1024	640	1024
ROPs	32	32	32	16	32
Graphics processor	Curacao	GM206	GM206	GM107	Pitcairn
Process size	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm
Memory	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz 5600 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1653 MHz 6612 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1753 MHz 7012 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1350 MHz 5400 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz 5600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit	128 bit	128 bit	256 bit
Memory bandwidth	179.00 Gb/s	105.80 Gb/s	112.20 Gb/s	86.40 Gb/s	179.20 Gb/s
Release date	13 Nov 2013	20 Aug 2015	22 Jan 2015	18 Feb 2014	13 Feb 2014