AMD Radeon RX 560 vs ATI Radeon HD 4270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 and ATI Radeon HD 4270 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.

AMD Radeon RX 560

ATI Radeon HD 4270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 1090-1175 MHz vs 590 MHz
25.6x more pipelines: 1024 vs 40
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
33.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3649 vs 110
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 487 vs 303

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 May 2010
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz vs 590 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3649 vs 110
PassMark - G2D Mark	487 vs 303

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4270

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3649

110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

487

303

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560	ATI Radeon HD 4270
PassMark - G3D Mark	3649	110
PassMark - G2D Mark	487	303
Geekbench - OpenCL	57671
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	775.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.602
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	257.062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1774

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560	ATI Radeon HD 4270
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	RV6xx
Code name	Polaris 21	RS880M
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$99
Place in performance rating	531	528
Price now	$104.99
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	54.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200-1275 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz	590 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1024	40
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60-80 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	170 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0