AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 RX 470 (Desktop)

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1206 MHz vs 925 MHz
• 2.1x more texture fill rate: 154.4 GTexel / s vs 74 GTexel / s
• Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
• Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7965 vs 4306
• Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 723 vs 567
• 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.543 vs 55.721
• Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1817.005 vs 1282.039
• Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.511 vs 5.927
• Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 99.875 vs 93.116
• Around 95% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 511.362 vs 261.843
• 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9983 vs 3448
• 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9983 vs 3448

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

• 483.3x better floating-point performance: 2,368 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
• 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74175 vs 33787
• Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 2443
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3347 vs 1674
• Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 2443
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3347 vs 1674
• Around 90% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1603 vs 842

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	7965 4306
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	723 567
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	33787 74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	111.543 55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1817.005 1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9.511 5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	99.875 93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	511.362 261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9983 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2443 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1674 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	9983 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2443 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1674 3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	842 1603

Compare specifications (specs)