AMD Radeon R9 270 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

• Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
• Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1282.039 vs 952.668
• Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.927 vs 4.68
• Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 93.116 vs 64.456

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

• Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 925 MHz
• Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 80 GTexel / s vs 74 GTexel / s
• Around 8% better floating-point performance: 2,560 gflops vs 2,368 gflops
• Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4604 vs 4306
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 586 vs 567
• Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 74175
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 294.215 vs 261.843
• Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6821 vs 3448
• Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6821 vs 3448
• Around 3% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1651 vs 1603

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	4306 4604
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	567 586
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	74175 77430
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	55.721 55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1282.039 952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5.927 4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	93.116 64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	261.843 294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3448 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3699 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3347 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3448 6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3699 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3347 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	1603 1651

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