Radeon HD 5770 Mac Edition vs Radeon R9 270X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 5770 Mac Edition |
| 72 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270X . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 270X
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 5770 Mac Edition | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Juniper (Juniper XT) | vs | Curacao (Curacao XT) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 166 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,040 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 800 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 5770 Mac Edition | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1195 MHz
4780 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 5770 Mac Edition | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| TDP | 108 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 4 Jul 2010 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better