Geforce GTX 1080 Ti vs Radeon R9 270

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 270, which has GPU core speed of 900 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1280 Stream Processors, 80 TAUs, and 32 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

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		27629 points
Radeon R9 270		5943 points
	Difference: 21686 (365%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 270		150 Watts
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R9 270 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		495616 MB/sec
Radeon R9 270		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 316416 (177%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti will be quite a bit (approximately 360%) better at AF than the Radeon R9 270. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		331520 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 270		72000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 259520 (360%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		130240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 270		28800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 101440 (352%)

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

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill 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.