AMD Radeon R9 270 vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270 and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO 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 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- 10.7x more texture fill rate: 74 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
- 38.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4306 vs 113
- Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 567 vs 318
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 13 November 2013 vs 1 October 2006 |
Texture fill rate | 74 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 80 nm |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 256 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 4306 vs 113 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 567 vs 318 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
- 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 150 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 66 Watt vs 150 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 270 | ATI Radeon X1950 PRO |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 4306 | 113 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 567 | 318 |
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 X1950 PRO | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | R500 |
Code name | Curacao | RV570 |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Launch date | 13 November 2013 | 1 October 2006 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $179 | |
Place in performance rating | 509 | 508 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 2,368 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 1280 | |
Stream Processors | 1280 | |
Texture fill rate | 74 GTexel / s | 6.9 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 66 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,800 million | 330 million |
Core clock speed | 575 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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Dual-link DVI support | ||
Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 210 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.0 |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 44.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Memory clock speed | 1380 MHz | |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
LiquidVR | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |