AMD Radeon R9 270X vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 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 Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 20% better floating-point performance: 2,688 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 286 Watt
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4893 vs 1309
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 612 vs 565
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3323
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3323

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 12 August 2008
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops vs 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt vs 286 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4893 vs 1309
PassMark - G2D Mark	612 vs 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 3323

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

2.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 84 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2x 800 vs 1280

Texture fill rate	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 84 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 1280

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4893

1309

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

612

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3323

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3323

Name	AMD Radeon R9 270X	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	4893	1309
PassMark - G2D Mark	612	565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	63.455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1314.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	315.366
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350	3323
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1771

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 270X	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Curacao	R700
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	12 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$550
Place in performance rating	439	436
Price now	$399
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	16.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops	2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1280	2x 800
Stream Processors	1280
Texture fill rate	84 GTexel / s	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	286 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	956 million
Core clock speed		700 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)