AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP vs AMD Radeon HD 7670A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP and AMD Radeon HD 7670A 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

AMD Radeon HD 7670A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 600 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 59.2 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
2.1x more pipelines: 1024 vs 480
3.3x better floating-point performance: 1,894 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	59.2 GTexel / s vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 480
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670A

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7670A

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP	AMD Radeon HD 7670A
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	27566
Geekbench - OpenCL	70535
PassMark - G3D Mark		1050
PassMark - G2D Mark		702

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP	AMD Radeon HD 7670A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Pitcairn	Turks
Launch date	13 March 2015	5 January 2012
Place in performance rating	171	168
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops	576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1024	480
Texture fill rate	59.2 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5