Radeon HD 7850 vs Radeon R9 270
Summary
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Radeon R9 270
114%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7850
100%
Radeon R9 270
130%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7850 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270 |
| 30% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon R9 270
The Radeon R9 270 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (7 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 860 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Mar 2012 | vs | 13 Nov 2013 |
Radeon HD 7850
27.50 GP/s
Radeon R9 270
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
55.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 270
72.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
154.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
1761.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270
2304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
6820
Radeon R9 270
7820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 7850
41
Radeon R9 270
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 7850
37
Radeon R9 270
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7850
40
Radeon R9 270
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 7850
35
Radeon R9 270
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 7850
27
Radeon R9 270
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 7850
23
Radeon R9 270
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7850
28
Radeon R9 270
37
FPS (higher is better)