AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 24 June 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
36.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 59.2 GTexel / s
5.5x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 1024
5.9x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 4800 MHz

Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 4800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
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
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.441

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Pitcairn	Hawaii
Launch date	13 March 2015	24 June 2014
Place in performance rating	165	282
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops	2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	59.2 GTexel / s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	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	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5