GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon R9 270
Summary
GeForce GTX 480
100%
Radeon R9 270
137%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 480
100%
Radeon R9 270
127%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 480 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270 |
| 27% higher gaming performance. |
| 100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 480 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-375-A3) | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 480 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 15 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 701 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 60 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 924 MHz
3696 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 480 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | vs | 13 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GTX 480
21.00 GP/s
Radeon R9 270
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
42.10 GT/s
Radeon R9 270
72.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
177.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
1345.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270
2304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 480
5700
Radeon R9 270
7820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 480
24
Radeon R9 270
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 480
39
Radeon R9 270
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 480
36
Radeon R9 270
43
FPS (higher is better)