AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 4216.2x more texture fill rate: 249.6 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 3072 vs 1024
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11925 vs 6316
  • Around 89% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11925 vs 6316
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 March 2019 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1200 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3072 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11925 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11925 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • 83.3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 12500 million
  • 6.1x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
  • Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 53445
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3947
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 10411
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3947
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 10411
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 12500 million
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 70535 vs 53445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8390 vs 3947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566 vs 10411
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8390 vs 3947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566 vs 10411

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
53445
70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
27566
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark 11300
PassMark - G2D Mark 784
Geekbench - OpenCL 53445 70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 135.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3063.269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 883.876
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11925 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3947 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10411 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11925 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3947 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10411 27566

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Essentials

Architecture Vega 10 PRO GCN 1.0
Code name Greenland Pitcairn
GCN generation GCN 5.0
Launch date 19 March 2019 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 228 165
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 1200 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 499.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.97 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3072 1024
Pixel fill rate 83.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s 59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12500 million 150 Watt
Floating-point performance 1,894 gflops
Transistor count 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.3
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 402.4 GB/s 153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective) 4800 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)