Radeon R7 260X vs Radeon R9 270
Summary
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Radeon R9 270
124%
Relative performance
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Radeon R9 270
148%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 260X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270 |
| 48% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 270
The Radeon R9 270 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R7 260X | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 160 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,080 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 896 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 1100 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R7 260X | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 260X | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| TDP | 115 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 13 Nov 2013 |
Radeon R7 260X
17.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 270
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R7 260X
61.60 GT/s
Radeon R9 270
72.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R7 260X
104.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R7 260X
1971.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270
2304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R7 260X
6260
Radeon R9 270
7820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon R7 260X
33
Radeon R9 270
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon R7 260X
33
Radeon R9 270
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon R7 260X
23
Radeon R9 270
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R7 260X
33
Radeon R9 270
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon R7 260X
29
Radeon R9 270
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon R7 260X
26
Radeon R9 270
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon R7 260X
22
Radeon R9 270
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R7 260X
23
Radeon R9 270
37
FPS (higher is better)