AMD Radeon R9 270 vs ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270 and ATI Radeon X1800 GTO² 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.

AMD Radeon R9 270

ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
12.3x more texture fill rate: 74 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
30.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4306 vs 141
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 567 vs 415

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 November 2013 vs 1 March 2006
Texture fill rate	74 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4306 vs 141
PassMark - G2D Mark	567 vs 415

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4306

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

567

415

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
PassMark - G3D Mark	4306	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	567	415
Geekbench - OpenCL	74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1603

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 270	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Curacao	R520
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	13 November 2013	1 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	509	377
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,368 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280
Stream Processors	1280
Texture fill rate	74 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	321 million
Core clock speed		500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	31.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Memory clock speed		990 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)