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Radeon R9 270X vs Radeon R9 290

Intro

The Radeon R9 270X makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1400 MHz on this model. It features 1280 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 290, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1250 MHz on this particular model. It features 2560 SPUs along with 160 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 290 9876 points
Radeon R9 270X 6590 points
Difference: 3286 (50%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 290 283 Sol/s
Radeon R9 270X 177 Sol/s
Difference: 106 (60%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 290 29 Mh/s
Radeon R9 270X 18 Mh/s
Difference: 11 (61%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 270X 180 Watts
Radeon R9 290 300 Watts
Difference: 120 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 290 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the Radeon R9 270X in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 290 320000 MB/sec
Radeon R9 270X 179200 MB/sec
Difference: 140800 (79%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 290 will be a lot (approximately 60%) better at AF than the Radeon R9 270X. (explain)

Radeon R9 290 128000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 270X 80000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 48000 (60%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 290 is superior to the Radeon R9 270X, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R9 290 51200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 270X 32000 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 19200 (60%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year October 2013 November 2013
Code Name Curacao XT Hawaii PRO
Memory 2048 MB 4096 MB
Core Speed 1000 MHz 800 MHz
Memory Speed 5600 MHz 5000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 180 watts 300 watts
Bandwidth 179200 MB/sec 320000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 80000 Mtexels/sec 128000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 32000 Mpixels/sec 51200 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 1280 2560
Texture Mapping Units 80 160
Render Output Units 32 64
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 512-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 28 nm
Transistors 2800 million 6200 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11.2 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.3 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

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