Radeon RX 580 2048SP vs Radeon R9 270X

Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Oct 2018
Radeon RX 580 2048SP
Radeon R9 270X
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Oct 2013
Radeon R9 270X

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 580 2048SP

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270X

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 580 2048SP

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 580 2048SP

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 580 2048SPRadeon R9 270X
GPU NamePolaris 20 (Polaris 20 XL
(215-0910052))
vsCuracao (Curacao XT)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size244 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders2048vs1280
Compute Units32vs20
Core clock1168 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs128vs80

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 580 2048SPRadeon R9 270X
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
vs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 580 2048SPRadeon R9 270X
TDP150 wattsvs180 watts
Release Date15 Oct 2018vs8 Oct 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    41.09 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 270X
    32.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    164.40 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 270X
    80.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    224.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 270X
    179.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 580 2048SP
    5259.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 270X
    2560.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better