AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

AMD Radeon R9 270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 925 MHz
1102.7x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 74 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 14% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1826 vs 1603

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 13 November 2013
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 74 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826 vs 1603

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
910.8x better floating-point performance: 2,368 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74175 vs 20572
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 567 vs 383
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4306 vs 3168

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	2,368 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	74175 vs 20572
PassMark - G2D Mark	567 vs 383
PassMark - G3D Mark	4306 vs 3168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1826

1603

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

20572

74175

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

383

567

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3168

4306

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R9 270
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826	1603
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572	74175
PassMark - G2D Mark	383	567
PassMark - G3D Mark	3168	4306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3347

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R9 270
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Baffin	Curacao
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	13 November 2013
Place in performance rating	518	515
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	925 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	2,368 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	1280
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024	1280
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	74 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		210 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)