Radeon R9 270 vs Radeon R7 265X OEM

Radeon R9 270
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Nov 2013
Radeon R9 270
Radeon R7 265X OEM
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Aug 2014
Radeon R7 265X OEM

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R7 265X OEM

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R9 270

HWBench recommends Radeon R9 270

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon R9 270Radeon R7 265X OEM
GPU NameCuracao (Curacao PRO)vsCuracao (Curacao PRO)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size212 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors2,800 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders1280vs1280
Compute Units20vs20
Core clock900 MHzvs900 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs80vs80

Memory Configuration

Radeon R9 270Radeon R7 265X OEM
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon R9 270Radeon R7 265X OEM
TDP150 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date13 Nov 2013vs12 Aug 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon R9 270
    28.80 GP/s
  • Radeon R7 265X OEM
    28.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon R9 270
    72.00 GT/s
  • Radeon R7 265X OEM
    72.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon R9 270
    179.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R7 265X OEM
    179.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon R9 270
    2304.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R7 265X OEM
    2304.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better