GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon R9 270
Summary
GeForce GTX 950
108%
Radeon R9 270
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 950
105%
Radeon R9 270
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950 |
| 5% higher gaming performance. |
| 60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 950 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM206 (GM206-250-A1) | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,940 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 768 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 1024 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 950 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 950 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| TDP | 90 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Aug 2015 | vs | 13 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GTX 950
32.80 GP/s
Radeon R9 270
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950
49.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 270
72.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950
105.80 GB/s
Radeon R9 270
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950
1572.90 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270
2304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 950
8490
Radeon R9 270
7820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 950
41
Radeon R9 270
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 950
31
Radeon R9 270
37
FPS (higher is better)