Radeon Vega 8 vs Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Radeon Vega 8
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 13 Feb 2018
Radeon Vega 8
Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Mar 2015
Radeon R9 270 1024SP
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Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon Vega 8

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 1024SP .
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 1024SP

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon Vega 8Radeon R9 270 1024SP
GPU NameRaven Ridge ()vsPitcairn (Pitcairn PRO)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size210 mm²vs212 mm²
Transistors4,940 millionvs2,800 million
Shaders512vs1024
Compute Units8vs16
Core clock300 MHzvs900 MHz
ROPs16vs32
TMUs32vs64

Memory Configuration

Radeon Vega 8Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsGDDR5
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs256 bit
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

Radeon Vega 8Radeon R9 270 1024SP
TDP65 wattsvs150 watts
Release Date13 Feb 2018vs13 Mar 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon Vega 8
    17.60 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
    29.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon Vega 8
    35.20 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
    59.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon Vega 8
    0.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
    153.60 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon Vega 8
    1126.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 270 1024SP
    1894.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better