Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) vs Radeon R9 270X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) |
| 165 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270X . |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270X |
| Around 303% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 270X
The Radeon R9 270X is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Spectre () | vs | Curacao (Curacao XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 245 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,410 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 512 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 720 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 Graphics IGP (APU A10-7850K) | | Radeon R9 270X | |
|---|
| TDP | 15 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Jan 2014 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)