Radeon RX Vega 11 vs Radeon R9 270

Radeon RX Vega 11
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 13 Feb 2018
Radeon RX Vega 11
Radeon R9 270
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Nov 2013
Radeon R9 270

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 11

85 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 270

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 R9 270

HWBench recommends Radeon R9 270

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX Vega 11Radeon R9 270
GPU NameRaven Ridge ()vsCuracao (Curacao PRO)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size210 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors4,940 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders704vs1280
Compute Units11vs20
Core clock300 MHzvs900 MHz
ROPs16vs32
TMUs44vs80

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX Vega 11Radeon R9 270
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsGDDR5
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs256 bit
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX Vega 11Radeon R9 270
TDP65 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date13 Feb 2018vs13 Nov 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX Vega 11
    20.00 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 270
    28.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX Vega 11
    55.00 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 270
    72.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX Vega 11
    0.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 270
    179.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX Vega 11
    1760.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 270
    2304.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better