AMD Radeon R9 270X vs ATI FireGL V3400

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X and ATI FireGL V3400 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.

AMD Radeon R9 270X

ATI FireGL V3400

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
42x more texture fill rate: 84 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
47.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4870 vs 103
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 613 vs 353

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 1 October 2005
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4870 vs 103
PassMark - G2D Mark	613 vs 353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4870

103

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

613

353

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270X	ATI FireGL V3400
PassMark - G3D Mark	4870	103
PassMark - G2D Mark	613	353
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1772

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 270X	ATI FireGL V3400
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Curacao	RV530
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	1 October 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	453	455
Price now	$399
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	16.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1280
Stream Processors	1280
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	157 million
Core clock speed		500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)