Radeon R9 270 vs Radeon R9 380X

Radeon R9 270 Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP Release date: 13 Nov 2013

Radeon R9 380X Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP Release date: 19 Nov 2015

Summary

Synthetic performance index

Radeon R9 270
100%
Radeon R9 380X
171%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

Radeon R9 270
100%
Radeon R9 380X
163%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270

40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 380X .

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R9 380X

63% higher gaming performance.

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

HWBench recommends Radeon R9 380X

The Radeon R9 380X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).

Specifications

Core Configuration

	Radeon R9 270		Radeon R9 380X
GPU Name	Curacao (Curacao PRO)	vs	Antigua (Antigua XT)
Fab Process	28 nm	vs	28 nm
Die Size	212 mmÂ²	vs	366 mmÂ²
Transistors	2,800 million	vs	5,000 million
Shaders	1280	vs	2048
Compute Units	20	vs	32
Core clock	900 MHz	vs	970 MHz
ROPs	32	vs	32
TMUs	80	vs	128

Memory Configuration

	Radeon R9 270		Radeon R9 380X
Memory Type	GDDR5	vs	GDDR5
Bus Width	256 bit	vs	256 bit
Memory Speed	1400 MHz 5600 MHz effective	vs	1425 MHz 5700 MHz effective
Memory Size	2048 Mb	vs	4096 Mb

Additional details

	Radeon R9 270		Radeon R9 380X
TDP	150 watts	vs	190 watts
Release Date	13 Nov 2013	vs	19 Nov 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

Radeon R9 270
28.80 GP/s
Radeon R9 380X
31.04 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

Radeon R9 270
72.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 380X
124.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

Radeon R9 270
179.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 380X
182.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

Radeon R9 270
2304.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 380X
3973.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

Radeon R9 270
7820
Radeon R9 380X
13410

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

Radeon R9 270
32
Radeon R9 380X
56

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

Radeon R9 270
37
Radeon R9 380X
56