Radeon R9 270X Overview

Radeon R9 270X
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Oct 2013
Radeon R9 270X

Core Configuration

GPU Curacao
Architecture AMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 1280 : 80 : 32
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 2560.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width 256 bit
Memory Speed 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 179.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce RTX 4090
    1777%
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    1409%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    1316%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    1149%
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    1134%
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    1109%
  • GeForce RTX 3090
    1061%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    1012%
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    1008%
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    915%
  • Radeon RX 6900 XT
    803%
  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    767%
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    742%
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    677%
  • Radeon RX 6800
    659%
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    601%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    599%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    578%
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    572%
  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    527%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    514%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    490%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    489%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    484%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    460%
  • GeForce RTX 3060
    451%
  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    447%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    421%
  • Radeon VII
    416%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    403%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    398%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    396%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    387%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    379%
  • Radeon RX 6600
    364%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    350%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    346%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    341%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    338%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    334%
  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    320%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    313%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    299%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    297%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    293%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    288%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    268%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    267%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
    263%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    260%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    254%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    240%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    237%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    230%
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
    229%
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    228%
  • Radeon RX 480
    225%
  • Radeon R9 290X
    214%
  • Radeon RX 580
    209%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    202%
  • Radeon RX 570
    194%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    193%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    184%
  • Radeon R9 290
    179%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    178%
  • GeForce GTX 780
    175%
  • Radeon RX 470
    174%
  • Radeon R9 380X
    165%
  • Radeon R9 280X
    154%
  • Radeon R9 285
    146%
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
    141%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    137%
  • Radeon R9 380
    137%
  • Radeon HD 7970
    133%
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    129%
  • GeForce GTX 680
    129%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    124%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    124%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    121%
  • Radeon HD 7950
    119%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    102%
  • Radeon R7 370
    100%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    100%
  • Radeon RX 460
    99%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    96%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    88%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    88%
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    81%
  • Radeon R7 260
    72%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R9 270X is a graphics card released by AMD on 8 Oct 2013. The graphics card houses the Curacao die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 2,800 million transistors on a 28 nm, 212 mm2 die.

Radeon R9 270X pros and cons

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



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon R9 270XRadeon RX 460GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 370GeForce GTX 750 Ti
Radeon R9 270XRadeon RX 460GeForce GTX 950Radeon R7 370GeForce GTX 750 Ti
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Shader units12808967681024640
ROPs3216323216
Graphics processorCuracaoBaffinGM206TrinidadGM107
Process size28 nm14 nm28 nm28 nm28 nm
Memory2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective)
Memory bus width256 bit128 bit128 bit256 bit128 bit
Memory bandwidth179.00 Gb/s112.00 Gb/s105.80 Gb/s179.20 Gb/s86.40 Gb/s
Release date8 Oct 201329 Jun 201620 Aug 201518 Jun 201518 Feb 2014

Benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 950
    45
  • Radeon RX 460
    43
  • Radeon R7 370
    43
  • Radeon R9 270X
    42
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • Radeon RX 460
    32
  • GeForce GTX 950
    31
  • Radeon R7 370
    31
  • Radeon R9 270X
    28
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • Radeon R9 270X
    22
  • Radeon R7 370
    21
  • GeForce GTX 950
    20

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

  • Radeon RX 460
    38
  • GeForce GTX 950
    38
  • Radeon R7 370
    37
  • Radeon R9 270X
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

  • Radeon R7 370
    27
  • Radeon R9 270X
    27
  • Radeon RX 460
    27
  • GeForce GTX 950
    26

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

  • GeForce GTX 950
    7
  • Radeon R7 370
    7
  • Radeon R9 270X
    6

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Radeon RX 460
    28
  • Radeon R9 270X
    27
  • GeForce GTX 950
    27
  • Radeon R7 370
    25

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Radeon RX 460
    21
  • Radeon R9 270X
    21
  • GeForce GTX 950
    20
  • Radeon R7 370
    19

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Radeon R9 270X
    11
  • GeForce GTX 950
    11
  • Radeon R7 370
    10

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • GeForce GTX 950
    32
  • Radeon R7 370
    31
  • Radeon R9 270X
    29
  • Radeon RX 460
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • GeForce GTX 950
    22
  • Radeon R7 370
    22
  • Radeon R9 270X
    22
  • Radeon RX 460
    18

FPS (higher is better)