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.

AMD Radeon R9 270

NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4306

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

567

309

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270	NVIDIA GeForce 205 OEM
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
Essentials
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	520	521
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
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
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)