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Radeon R9 270 vs Radeon R9 270X
Intro
The Radeon R9 270 has a GPU clock speed of 900 MHz, and the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM is set to run at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1280 Stream Processors, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 270X, which has a clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1280 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.
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 270X |
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6590 points |
| Radeon R9 270 |
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5943 points |
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Ethereum Mining Hash Rate
| Radeon R9 270X |
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18 Mh/s |
| Radeon R9 270 |
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15 Mh/s |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon R9 270 |
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150 Watts |
| Radeon R9 270X |
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180 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Both cards have the exact same bandwidth, so theoretically they should perform exactly the same. (explain)
Texel Rate
The Radeon R9 270X is a little bit (approximately 11%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R9 270. (explain)| Radeon R9 270X |
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80000 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon R9 270 |
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72000 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon R9 270X is a little bit (approximately 11%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R9 270, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)| Radeon R9 270X |
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32000 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon R9 270 |
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28800 Mpixels/sec |
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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
| Model | Radeon R9 270 | Radeon R9 270X |
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| Manufacturer | AMD | AMD |
| Year | November 2013 | October 2013 |
| Code Name | Curacao Pro | Curacao XT |
| Memory | 2048 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 900 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 5600 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 150 watts | 180 watts |
| Bandwidth | 179200 MB/sec | 179200 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 72000 Mtexels/sec | 80000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 28800 Mpixels/sec | 32000 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 1280 | 1280 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 80 | 80 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 2800 million | 2800 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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.
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Comments
11 Responses to “Radeon R9 270 vs Radeon R9 270X”Asus R9270X-DC2T-2GD5 is the best graphic card f the year.i love it.it works very smooth with no noise.i had played battlefield 4 in ultra graphics.
Now looking back several months later, it seems like the R9270 can be clocked to run just as well as the 270X. This makes the 270 the better deal, even more than the NVidia equivalent. If you have the choice, get the 270 instead of the 270X, unless you find that they're only a few bucks apart.
I've ran the 270 vs my friends comp which is running the 270x and in every benchmark I've blown his card away,
Josh u have not blown a 270X away with ur 270 even not if u have overclocked ur 270.
The 270x can be overclocked as well. And Josh if you are "blowing away" your friends 270x with your 270, something is bad wrong with his system.
Actually the 270 can match the 270X clock for clock. They are both the exact same chip, All they did was clock one higher and slap a X on it. Now some R9 270 models can't overclock as much as the 270X but most can. This is why they are not priced very far apart either. I got the 270 because I am cheap but I wanted a High End GPU, Some may claim it is only High mid or whatever, But this card is a high end model. All R9's are high end. Just like Nvidia Starting with the 760 they are all high end.
I run a 270 non X also. I keep mine set at 1050mhz all the time. I have tried 1100mhz and was very impressed with how it performed. I was beating most GTX 760 Benchmarks with it at 1100mhz, But I keep it 1050mhz because I want to keep it awhile, And it performs outstandingly enough at stock 925mhz. At 1050mhz All my games can be cranked way up with FPS that everyone hopes for.
I actually got a 270 + 270x setup atm, running crossfire, overclocked both mems to 1450 and the 270 up to 1050 and the 270x up to 1120. got an awesome boost 🙂 tomorrow gonna try and extra pci cooler blowing air directly at the 270 mounted on the bottom, hope it will be slightly cooler so i can clock it to 1100 🙂 the clocking i did today brought me up to 17k graphic points in 3d mark basic 🙂 great cards both of them 🙂
got the 270x used btw in norway at around 120 buckaroons 🙂 4gb version 😀
I picked up the Asus r9 270, it runs at a stock 975mhz and can easily run 1Gz just like the 270x. Its a bargain at its price level right now.
30 extra watts for a couple of FPS is pretty lame for the same price of a 270X i can get the more powerful 760 but i don't really need all that juice and i hate hot cards anything above 150 watts is a no no i don't give a fuck about how efficient the cooler is