AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5700 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, 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 5700 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 78% higher core clock speed: 1605 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 2.1x more boost clock speed: 1905 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 5.1x more texture fill rate: 304.8 GT/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77153 vs 70535
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14699 vs 6316
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14699 vs 6316
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 July 2019 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1605 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1905 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 304.8 GT/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 77153 vs 70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14699 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14699 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3720
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 3369
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3720
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 3369
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8390 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566 vs 3369
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8390 vs 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566 vs 3369

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
77153
70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14699
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3369
27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14699
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3369
27566
Name AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark 16667
PassMark - G2D Mark 927
Geekbench - OpenCL 77153 70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 252.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3949.565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 24.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 254.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1322.129
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 14699 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3369 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 14699 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3369 27566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9486

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Essentials

Architecture RDNA GCN 1.0
Code name Navi 10 Pitcairn
Launch date 7 July 2019 13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $400
Place in performance rating 148 165
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1905 MHz 925 MHz
Compute units 40
Core clock speed 1605 MHz 900 MHz
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 19.51 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 9.75 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate 121.9 GP/s
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 2560
Texture fill rate 304.8 GT/s 59.2 GTexel / s
Texture Units 160
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 10.3 B 2,800 million
Floating-point performance 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 1024

Video outputs and ports

DisplayPort support
HDMI
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 8-pin and 1x6 pin 1x 6-pin
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
Vulkan
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready