AMD Radeon R9 270 vs AMD Radeon Sky 500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270 and AMD Radeon Sky 500 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 7 month(s) later
• Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.721 vs 54.669
• Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1282.039 vs 1096.68
• Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.927 vs 5.352
• Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 93.116 vs 89.633
• Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 261.843 vs 247.642
• Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 2116
• Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 2116

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 500

• Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 76 GTexel / s vs 74 GTexel / s
• Around 3% better floating-point performance: 2,432 gflops vs 2,368 gflops
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4709 vs 4306
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 572 vs 567
• Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74902 vs 74175
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3585 vs 3448
• Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5116 vs 3347
• Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3585 vs 3448
• Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5116 vs 3347

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Sky 500

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	4306 4709
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	567 572
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	74175 74902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	55.721 54.669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1282.039 1096.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5.927 5.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	93.116 89.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	261.843 247.642
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3448 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3699 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3347 5116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3448 3585
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3699 2116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3347 5116

Compare specifications (specs)