Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) vs Radeon R9 270

Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 11 Jan 2014
Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
Radeon R9 270
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Nov 2013
Radeon R9 270

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    100%
  • Radeon R9 270
    362%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)

135 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270 .

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270

Around 262% higher average synthetic 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R9 270

HWBench recommends Radeon R9 270

The Radeon R9 270 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)Radeon R9 270
GPU NameSpectre ()vsCuracao (Curacao PRO)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size245 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors2,410 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders512vs1280
Compute Units8vs20
Core clock720 MHzvs900 MHz
ROPs8vs32
TMUs32vs80

Memory Configuration

Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)Radeon R9 270
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsGDDR5
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs256 bit
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)Radeon R9 270
TDP15 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date11 Jan 2014vs13 Nov 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    5.76 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 270
    28.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    23.00 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 270
    72.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    0.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 270
    179.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    737.30 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 270
    2304.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K)
    2157
  • Radeon R9 270
    7820

Points (higher is better)