Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition vs Radeon R9 270
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition |
| 40% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 150 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 7970 GHz Edition
The Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (7 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XT2) | 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 | 2048 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| TDP | 300 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Jun 2012 | vs | 13 Nov 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
FPS (higher is better)