AMD Radeon R9 270X vs AMD Radeon HD 8830M
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon HD 8830M 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
- Around 83% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 575 MHz
- 3.4x more texture fill rate: 84 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 1280 vs 640
- 3.4x better floating-point performance: 2,688 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
- 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8068 vs 2695
- 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8068 vs 2695
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 8 October 2013 vs 1 April 2013 |
| Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz vs 575 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 84 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1280 vs 640 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,688 gflops vs 800.0 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8068 vs 2695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8068 vs 2695 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8830M
- Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5106 vs 3706
- 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11302 vs 3350
- Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5106 vs 3706
- 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11302 vs 3350
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 5106 vs 3706 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 11302 vs 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 5106 vs 3706 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 11302 vs 3350 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8830M
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| Name | AMD Radeon R9 270X | AMD Radeon HD 8830M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4869 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 613 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 63.87 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1314.72 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.354 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 85.21 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 315.412 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8068 | 2695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3706 | 5106 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 | 11302 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8068 | 2695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3706 | 5106 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 | 11302 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1772 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | AMD Radeon HD 8830M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Curacao | Venus |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series |
| Launch date | 8 October 2013 | 1 April 2013 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | |
| Place in performance rating | 440 | 437 |
| Price now | $399 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 16.05 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz | 575 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,688 gflops | 800.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 640 |
| Stream Processors | 1280 | |
| Texture fill rate | 84 GTexel / s | 25 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 180 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 2,800 million | 1,500 million |
| Compute units | 10 | |
| Core clock speed | 575 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2 x 6-pin | |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 32 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | |
Technologies |
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| CrossFire | ||
| DDMA audio | ||
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| TressFX | ||
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