AMD Radeon R9 370X vs AMD Radeon R9 270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X and AMD Radeon R9 270 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R9 370X

AMD Radeon R9 270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 74 GTexel / s
Around 11% better floating-point performance: 2,637 gflops vs 2,368 gflops
Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 65.071 vs 55.721
Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 337.583 vs 261.843
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8393 vs 3448
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8393 vs 3448

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 August 2015 vs 13 November 2013
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s vs 74 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops vs 2,368 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.071 vs 55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	337.583 vs 261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8393 vs 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348 vs 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8393 vs 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704 vs 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348 vs 3347

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1282.039 vs 1139.703
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.927 vs 5.39
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 93.116 vs 88.44

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1282.039 vs 1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.927 vs 5.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	93.116 vs 88.44

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.071

55.721

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1139.703

1282.039

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.39

5.927

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

88.44

93.116

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

337.583

261.843

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8393

3448

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3704

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3347

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8393

3448

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3704

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3347

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370X	AMD Radeon R9 270
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.071	55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1139.703	1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.39	5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	88.44	93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	337.583	261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8393	3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8393	3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	3347
PassMark - G3D Mark		4306
PassMark - G2D Mark		567
Geekbench - OpenCL		74175
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1603

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370X	AMD Radeon R9 270
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Trinidad	Curacao
Launch date	27 August 2015	13 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$179
Place in performance rating	516	509
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops	2,368 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	1280
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s	74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	2,800 million
Stream Processors		1280
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	221 mm	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)