Radeon R7 260X vs Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Summary
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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 1024SP |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon R7 260X | | Radeon R9 270 1024SP | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn 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 | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1100 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R7 260X | | Radeon R9 270 1024SP | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 260X | | Radeon R9 270 1024SP | |
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| TDP | 115 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 13 Mar 2015 |
Radeon R7 260X
17.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 270 1024SP
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R7 260X
61.60 GT/s
Radeon R9 270 1024SP
59.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R7 260X
104.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270 1024SP
153.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R7 260X
1971.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270 1024SP
1894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better