AMD Radeon R9 270 videocard review
Radeon R9 270 videocard released by AMD; release date: 13 November 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $179. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Curacao.
Boost clock speed - 925 MHz. Texture fill rate - 74 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1280. Floating-point performance - 2,368 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,800 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 150 Watt.
Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory bandwidth - 179.2 GB/s.
Benchmarks
| PassMark G3D Mark |
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| Geekbench OpenCL |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Face Detection |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Ocean Surface Simulation |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop T-Rex |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Video Composition |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Bitcoin Mining |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score |
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| Name | Value |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4306 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 567 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 74175 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection | 55.721 mPixels/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation | 1282.039 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex | 5.927 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition | 93.116 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining | 261.843 mHash/s |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 3448 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 3699 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 3347 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen | 3448.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan | 3699.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex | 3347.000 Fps |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1603 |
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Curacao |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series |
| Launch date | 13 November 2013 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $179 |
| Place in performance rating | 520 |
| Type | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 925 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,368 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 |
| Stream Processors | 1280 |
| Texture fill rate | 74 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,800 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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| Dual-link DVI support | |
| Eyefinity | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 210 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | |
| CrossFire | |
| DDMA audio | |
| FreeSync | |
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| LiquidVR | |
| TressFX | |
| TrueAudio | |
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | |
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