AMD Radeon R9 270X videocard review

AMD Radeon R9 270X

Radeon R9 270X videocard released by AMD; release date: 8 October 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $199. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Curacao.

Boost clock speed - 1050 MHz. Texture fill rate - 84 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1280. Floating-point performance - 2,688 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,800 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 180 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory bandwidth - 179.2 GB/s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
4870
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
63.870 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
1314.720 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
6.354 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
85.210 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
315.412 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
8068 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3706 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3350 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
8068.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3706.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3350.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
1772
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 4870
PassMark - G2D Mark 612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 63.870 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 1314.720 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 6.354 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 85.210 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 315.412 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 8068 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3706 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3350 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 8068.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3706.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3350.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1772

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Curacao
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 453
Price now $399
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 16.05

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 1280
Stream Processors 1280
Texture fill rate 84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 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
Supplementary power connectors 2 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
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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