GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 270X, which has a core clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1400 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1280 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Display Graphs

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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 RTX 2070		22282 points
Radeon R9 270X		6590 points
	Difference: 15692 (238%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
Radeon R9 270X		180 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 2070 will be 156% faster than the Radeon R9 270X in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
Radeon R9 270X		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 279552 (156%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 should be a lot (about 154%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 270X. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 270X		80000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 123040 (154%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 270X		32000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 58240 (182%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card 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 ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.