AMD Radeon R9 270X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 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 3 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1033 MHz
  • Around 11% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1152
  • Around 13% better floating-point performance: 2,688 gflops vs 2,378 gflops
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4869 vs 4803
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 613 vs 532
  • Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 63.87 vs 37.505
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1314.72 vs 864.402
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.354 vs 3.09
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 85.21 vs 40.457
  • 3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 315.412 vs 84.186
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8068 vs 6927
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8068 vs 6927
  • Around 7% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1772 vs 1659
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 25 June 2013
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 1033 MHz
Pipelines 1280 vs 1152
Floating-point performance 2,688 gflops vs 2,378 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4869 vs 4803
PassMark - G2D Mark 613 vs 532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 63.87 vs 37.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1314.72 vs 864.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.354 vs 3.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 85.21 vs 40.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 315.412 vs 84.186
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8068 vs 6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8068 vs 6927
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1772 vs 1659

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

  • Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 94.1 billion / sec vs 84 GTexel / s
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 180 Watt
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 94.1 billion / sec vs 84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4869
4803
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
613
532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
63.87
37.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1314.72
864.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.354
3.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
85.21
40.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
315.412
84.186
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8068
6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3706
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8068
6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3706
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1772
1659
Name AMD Radeon R9 270X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
PassMark - G3D Mark 4869 4803
PassMark - G2D Mark 613 532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 63.87 37.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1314.72 864.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.354 3.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 85.21 40.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 315.412 84.186
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8068 6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8068 6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1772 1659
Geekbench - OpenCL 14261

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 270X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Curacao GK104
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 25 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $199 $249
Place in performance rating 440 576
Price now $399 $249.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 16.05 23.69

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 1033 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,688 gflops 2,378 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1152
Stream Processors 1280
Texture fill rate 84 GTexel / s 94.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 170 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 3,540 million
Core clock speed 980 MHz
CUDA cores 1152
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin Two 6-pin
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Minimum recommended system power 500 Watt

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 179.2 GB/s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
PhysX
SLI
TXAA