AMD Radeon R9 270 videocard review

AMD Radeon R9 270

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
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38714
4306
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1305
567
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
352097
74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
55.721 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1282.039 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
5.927 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
93.116 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
261.843 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3448 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3699 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3347 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3448.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3699.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3347.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36540
1603
Name Value
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

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 509
Type Desktop

Technical info

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

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)