AMD Radeon R9 270X videocard review
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
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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 | 4869 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 613 |
| 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 |
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| 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 | 440 |
| Price now | $399 |
| Type | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 16.05 |
Technical info |
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| 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 |
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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 |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2 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 |
| Shared memory | 0 |
Technologies |
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| AMD Eyefinity | |
| AppAcceleration | |
| CrossFire | |
| DDMA audio | |
| FreeSync | |
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| LiquidVR | |
| TressFX | |
| TrueAudio | |
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | |
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