GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R9 270X
Summary
GeForce GTX 960
119%
Radeon R9 270X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 960
117%
Radeon R9 270X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960 |
| 17% 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 270X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 270X |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 960
The GeForce GTX 960 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (30 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) | vs | Curacao (Curacao XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,940 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 1127 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Jan 2015 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
10380
Radeon R9 270X
8700
Points (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
19.7
Radeon R9 270X
17.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
71.5
Radeon R9 270X
66.4
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
49.2
Radeon R9 270X
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 960
34
Radeon R9 270X
29
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
94.5
Radeon R9 270X
84.8
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
66.4
Radeon R9 270X
53.6
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
26.3
Radeon R9 270X
25.5
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 960
53
Radeon R9 270X
42
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 960
36
Radeon R9 270X
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 960
40
Radeon R9 270X
37
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
10.4
Radeon R9 270X
5.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
43.7
Radeon R9 270X
41.9
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
31.2
Radeon R9 270X
27.7
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
GeForce GTX 960
25
Radeon R9 270X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 960
47
Radeon R9 270X
34
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
68.3
Radeon R9 270X
62.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
45.9
Radeon R9 270X
38.7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
15.8
Radeon R9 270X
16.1
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
GeForce GTX 960
37
Radeon R9 270X
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 960
34
Radeon R9 270X
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 960
27
Radeon R9 270X
21
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 960
29
Radeon R9 270X
27
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
9.6
Radeon R9 270X
7
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
20.9
Radeon R9 270X
20.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
14.4
Radeon R9 270X
13.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
38.9
Radeon R9 270X
35.1
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
28
Radeon R9 270X
24.3
FPS (higher is better)
GeForce GTX 960
10.5
Radeon R9 270X
10.8
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce GTX 960
14
Radeon R9 270X
11
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
GeForce GTX 960
7
Radeon R9 270X
6
FPS (higher is better)