AMD Radeon R9 270X vs AMD Radeon HD 7950
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon HD 7950 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, 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 300 Watt
- Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1314.72 vs 1177.395
- Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.354 vs 5.685
- Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 85.21 vs 69.23
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8068 vs 7988
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8068 vs 7988
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 8 October 2013 vs 31 January 2012 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 180 Watt vs 300 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 63.87 vs 63.74 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1314.72 vs 1177.395 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.354 vs 5.685 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 85.21 vs 69.23 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8068 vs 7988 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3706 vs 3699 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8068 vs 7988 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3706 vs 3699 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7950
- Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1050 MHz
- Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 89.6 GTexel / s vs 84 GTexel / s
- Around 40% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1280
- Around 7% better floating-point performance: 2,867 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 343.81 vs 315.412
- Around 8% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1914 vs 1772
Specifications (specs) | |
Boost clock speed | 1250 MHz vs 1050 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 89.6 GTexel / s vs 84 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 1792 vs 1280 |
Floating-point performance | 2,867 gflops vs 2,688 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
Benchmarks | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 343.81 vs 315.412 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3350 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3350 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1914 vs 1772 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 270X | AMD Radeon HD 7950 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 4869 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 613 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 63.87 | 63.74 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1314.72 | 1177.395 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.354 | 5.685 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 85.21 | 69.23 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 315.412 | 343.81 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8068 | 7988 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3706 | 3699 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 | 3359 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8068 | 7988 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3706 | 3699 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 | 3359 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1772 | 1914 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 82144 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon R9 270X | AMD Radeon HD 7950 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | Curacao | Tahiti |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series |
Launch date | 8 October 2013 | 31 January 2012 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | $449 |
Place in performance rating | 440 | 503 |
Price now | $399 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 16.05 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz | 1250 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 2,688 gflops | 2,867 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 1280 | 1792 |
Stream Processors | 1280 | 1792 |
Texture fill rate | 84 GTexel / s | 89.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 180 Watt | 300 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,800 million | 4,313 million |
Compute units | 28 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Number of Eyefinity displays | 6 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | 2 x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
Length | 267 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 11 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 3 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 240 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
AppAcceleration | ||
CrossFire | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
LiquidVR | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
PowerTune | ||
ZeroCore |