AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 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. 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 - Video Composition (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 56
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1138 MHz vs 900 MHz
- Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 925 MHz
- 5.1x more texture fill rate: 302.4 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
- 3.5x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1024
- 5.1x better floating-point performance: 9,677 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
- 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
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12822 vs 6316
- 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12822 vs 6316
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 14 August 2017 vs 13 March 2015 |
| Core clock speed | 1138 MHz vs 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1250 MHz vs 925 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 302.4 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 3584 vs 1024 |
| Floating-point performance | 9,677 gflops vs 1,894 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 2 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 12822 vs 6316 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12822 vs 6316 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
- Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 210 Watt
- 3.1x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1572 MHz
- Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 62202
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3709
- 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 3353
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3709
- 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 3353
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt vs 210 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz vs 1572 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 70535 vs 62202 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 8390 vs 3709 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 27566 vs 3353 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 8390 vs 3709 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 27566 vs 3353 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
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| Name | AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 | AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 12354 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 828 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 62202 | 70535 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 153.117 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1722.138 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 11.901 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 126.528 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1172.788 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 12822 | 6316 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3709 | 8390 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 | 27566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12822 | 6316 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3709 | 8390 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 | 27566 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 | AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP | |
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| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Vega 10 | Pitcairn |
| Launch date | 14 August 2017 | 13 March 2015 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
| Place in performance rating | 238 | 165 |
| Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1250 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1138 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 9,677 gflops | 1,894 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 3584 | 1024 |
| Texture fill rate | 302.4 GTexel / s | 59.2 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 210 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Transistor count | 12,500 million | 2,800 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| 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 | 1572 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Memory type | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
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