AMD Radeon R7 Graphics vs AMD Radeon R9 270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 31 May 2016 vs 13 November 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3347

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

  • Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 925 MHz vs 758 MHz
  • 4.5x more texture fill rate: 74 GTexel / s vs 16.46 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
  • 4.5x better floating-point performance: 2,368 gflops vs 526.8 gflops
  • 3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74175 vs 22612
  • 3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.721 vs 15.145
  • 6.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1282.039 vs 206.354
  • 4.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.927 vs 1.2
  • 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 93.116 vs 24.15
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 261.843 vs 85.46
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3448 vs 1979
  • Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 2101
  • 102.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3448 vs 33.5
  • 109.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 33.9
  • 55.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3347 vs 60
  • Around 10% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1603 vs 1457
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 925 MHz vs 758 MHz
Texture fill rate 74 GTexel / s vs 16.46 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance 2,368 gflops vs 526.8 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 74175 vs 22612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55.721 vs 15.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1282.039 vs 206.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.927 vs 1.2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 93.116 vs 24.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 261.843 vs 85.46
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3448 vs 1979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3699 vs 2101
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3448 vs 33.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3699 vs 33.9
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3347 vs 60
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1603 vs 1457

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
22612
74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.145
55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
206.354
1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.2
5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.15
93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
85.46
261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1979
3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2101
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.5
3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.9
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
60
3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1457
1603
Name AMD Radeon R7 Graphics AMD Radeon R9 270
Geekbench - OpenCL 22612 74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 15.145 55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 206.354 1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.2 5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.15 93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.46 261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1979 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2101 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 33.5 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 33.9 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 60 3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1457 1603
PassMark - G3D Mark 4306
PassMark - G2D Mark 567

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 Graphics AMD Radeon R9 270

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Wani Curacao
Launch date 31 May 2016 13 November 2013
Place in performance rating 1435 501
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $179

Technical info

Boost clock speed 758 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 200 MHz
Floating-point performance 526.8 gflops 2,368 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 1280
Texture fill rate 16.46 GTexel / s 74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 2,410 million 2,800 million
Stream Processors 1280

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Memory type System Shared GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit

Technologies

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