Radeon R9 270X vs Radeon R7 260X
Summary
Radeon R9 270X
138%
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Relative performance
Radeon R9 270X
161%
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270X |
| 61% higher gaming 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 260X |
| 65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 270X
The Radeon R9 270X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (9 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Curacao (Curacao XT) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | vs | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective | vs | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
Radeon R7 260X
17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 260X
61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 260X
104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 260X
1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
8700
Radeon R7 260X
6260
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon R9 270X
53
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon R9 270X
52
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon R9 270X
33
Radeon R7 260X
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 270X
52
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon R9 270X
48
Radeon R7 260X
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon R9 270X
38
Radeon R7 260X
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, 4x MSAA, 16x AF, HBAO
Radeon R9 270X
22
Radeon R7 260X
11
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon R9 270X
34
Radeon R7 260X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 270X
39
Radeon R7 260X
23
FPS (higher is better)