AMD Radeon RX 5700 vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5700 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

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 63% higher core clock speed: 1465 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 86% higher boost clock speed: 1725 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 4.2x more texture fill rate: 248.4 GT/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11536 vs 6316
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11536 vs 6316
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 July 2019 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1465 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1725 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 248.4 GT/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11536 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11536 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 66230
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3723
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 3366
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3723
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 3366
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 70535 vs 66230
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8390 vs 3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566 vs 3366
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8390 vs 3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566 vs 3366

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
66230
70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11536
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3723
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3366
27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11536
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3723
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3366
27566
Name AMD Radeon RX 5700 AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark 14518
PassMark - G2D Mark 890
Geekbench - OpenCL 66230 70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 209.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3686.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 250
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1036.448
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11536 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3723 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3366 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11536 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3723 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3366 27566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8501

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 5700 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) $350
Place in performance rating 177 163
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1725 MHz 925 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1465 MHz 900 MHz
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.9 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.95 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate 110.4 GP/s
Render output units 64
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 248.4 GT/s 59.2 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 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