GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon R9 270
Summary
GeForce GTX 970
201%
Radeon R9 270
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 970
187%
Radeon R9 270
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970 |
| 87% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970
The GeForce GTX 970 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,200 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1664 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 13 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 1050 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 56 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 104 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 970 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| TDP | 148 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Sep 2014 | vs | 13 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
Radeon R9 270
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 270
72.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
Radeon R9 270
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270
2304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970
15750
Radeon R9 270
7820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 970
73
Radeon R9 270
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 970
54
Radeon R9 270
37
FPS (higher is better)