Radeon HD 7950 vs Radeon R9 270
Summary
Radeon HD 7950
116%
Radeon R9 270
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7950
104%
Radeon R9 270
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7950 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) | 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 | 800 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 | | 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 | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 31 Jan 2012 | vs | 13 Nov 2013 |
Radeon HD 7950
25.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 270
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
89.60 GT/s
Radeon R9 270
72.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
240.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
2867.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270
2304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7950
9130
Radeon R9 270
7820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 7950
62
Radeon R9 270
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 7950
23
Radeon R9 270
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 7950
36
Radeon R9 270
32
FPS (higher is better)