AMD Radeon R7 265 vs AMD Radeon R9 270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 265 and AMD Radeon R9 270 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

AMD Radeon R7 265

AMD Radeon R9 270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 265

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	13 February 2014 vs 13 November 2013
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 74 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
Around 25% better floating-point performance: 2,368 gflops vs 1,894 gflops

Texture fill rate	74 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	2,368 gflops vs 1,894 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 265
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270

Name	AMD Radeon R7 265	AMD Radeon R9 270
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	1603
PassMark - G3D Mark		4306
PassMark - G2D Mark		567
Geekbench - OpenCL		74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3347

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 265	AMD Radeon R9 270
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Pitcairn	Curacao
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	13 February 2014	13 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$179
Place in performance rating	1708	501
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops	2,368 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	1280
Stream Processors	1024	1280
Texture fill rate	59.2 GTexel / s	74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
DisplayPort support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)