AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 5600 XT

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1130 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 69% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 925 MHz
3793.9x more texture fill rate: 224.6 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13621 vs 6316
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13621 vs 6316

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jan 2020 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1130 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	224.6 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13621 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13621 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

3.2x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 64853
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3719
8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 3358
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3719
8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 3358

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	70535 vs 64853
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8390 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	27566 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8390 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	27566 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

64853

70535

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13621

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

27566

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13621

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

27566

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark	13688
PassMark - G2D Mark	881
Geekbench - OpenCL	64853	70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	207.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3560.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	20.486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	148.938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1111.648
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13621	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13621	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	27566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7710

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 10 XLE	Pitcairn
Launch date	21 Jan 2020	13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	193	165
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	925 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1130 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	449.3 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.38 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.188 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	1024
Pixel fill rate	99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.6 GTexel/s	59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		1,894 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5 inches (267 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5