Radeon R9 280X vs Radeon R9 270
Summary
Radeon R9 280X
140%
Radeon R9 270
100%
Relative performance
Radeon R9 280X
141%
Radeon R9 270
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
| 41% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 270 |
| 100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 280X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 280X
The Radeon R9 280X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) | vs | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 20 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 270 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 13 Nov 2013 |
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 270
28.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 270
72.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 270
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270
2304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Radeon R9 270
7820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon R9 280X
72
Radeon R9 270
49
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon R9 280X
69
Radeon R9 270
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon R9 280X
42
Radeon R9 270
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 280X
69
Radeon R9 270
51
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon R9 280X
67
Radeon R9 270
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon R9 280X
50
Radeon R9 270
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon R9 280X
48
Radeon R9 270
32
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R9 280X
51
Radeon R9 270
37
FPS (higher is better)