Radeon HD 7950 Boost vs Radeon R9 270
Summary
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
116%
Radeon R9 270
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
112%
Radeon R9 270
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7950 Boost |
| 12% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7950 Boost . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 HD 7950 Boost
The Radeon HD 7950 Boost is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 Boost | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO2) | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1792 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 28 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 Boost | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7950 Boost | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Jun 2012 | vs | 13 Nov 2013 |
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
27.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 270
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
95.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 270
72.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
240.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
3046.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270
2304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
9130
Radeon R9 270
7820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
53
Radeon R9 270
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
34
Radeon R9 270
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
61
Radeon R9 270
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
53
Radeon R9 270
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 7950 Boost
39
Radeon R9 270
36
FPS (higher is better)