Radeon R9 270X vs Radeon R7 265
Summary
Radeon R9 270X
126%
Radeon R7 265
100%
Relative performance
Radeon R9 270X
119%
Radeon R7 265
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270X |
| 19% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 265 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Curacao (Curacao XT) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 270X | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| TDP | 180 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 13 Feb 2014 |
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
Radeon R7 265
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 265
59.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 265
179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 265
1894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 270X
8700
Radeon R7 265
6900
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon R9 270X
53
Radeon R7 265
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon R9 270X
52
Radeon R7 265
46
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon R9 270X
33
Radeon R7 265
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 270X
52
Radeon R7 265
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon R9 270X
48
Radeon R7 265
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon R9 270X
38
Radeon R7 265
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon R9 270X
34
Radeon R7 265
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 270X
39
Radeon R7 265
32
FPS (higher is better)