GeForce GTX 670 vs Radeon R9 270X
Summary
GeForce GTX 670
107%
Radeon R9 270X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 670
116%
Radeon R9 270X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 670 |
| 16% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270X |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GeForce GTX 670
The GeForce GTX 670 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 670 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-325-A2) | vs | Curacao (Curacao XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1344 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 7 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 915 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 670 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 670 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| TDP | 170 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 10 May 2012 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 670
25.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 670
102.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 670
192.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 670
2460.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 670
9330
Radeon R9 270X
8700
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 670
58
Radeon R9 270X
53
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
GeForce GTX 670
71
Radeon R9 270X
52
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
GeForce GTX 670
42
Radeon R9 270X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 670
54
Radeon R9 270X
52
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
GeForce GTX 670
55
Radeon R9 270X
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
GeForce GTX 670
43
Radeon R9 270X
38
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 670
43
Radeon R9 270X
34
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 670
39
Radeon R9 270X
39
FPS (higher is better)