AMD Radeon R9 270 vs NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM 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 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- 31.4x more texture fill rate: 74 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s
- 160x more pipelines: 1280 vs 8
- 105.6x better floating-point performance: 2,368 gflops vs 22.432 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
- 34.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4306 vs 126
- Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 567 vs 309
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 13 November 2013 vs 26 November 2009 |
Texture fill rate | 74 GTexel / s vs 2.356 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1280 vs 8 |
Floating-point performance | 2,368 gflops vs 22.432 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 512 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 4306 vs 126 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 567 vs 309 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
- 4.8x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 150 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 31 Watt vs 150 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 270 | NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 4306 | 126 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 567 | 309 |
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 | NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Tesla 2.0 |
Code name | Curacao | GT218 |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | |
Launch date | 13 November 2013 | 26 November 2009 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $179 | |
Place in performance rating | 521 | 522 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | |
Floating-point performance | 2,368 gflops | 22.432 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 1280 | 8 |
Stream Processors | 1280 | |
Texture fill rate | 74 GTexel / s | 2.356 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 31 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,800 million | 260 million |
Core clock speed | 589 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA |
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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 2.0 x16 |
Length | 210 mm | 168 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 6.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
LiquidVR | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |