AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 270
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 (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, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 925 MHz
- 2607.6x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 74 GTexel / s
- Around 80% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1280
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
- 2.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3510 vs 1603
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 vs 13 November 2013 |
| Boost clock speed | 1340 MHz vs 925 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 192.96 GTexel/s vs 74 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2304 vs 1280 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 28 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 2 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3510 vs 1603 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270
- 381.9x better floating-point performance: 2,368 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
- Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 185 Watt
| Floating-point performance | 2,368 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt vs 185 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) | AMD Radeon R9 270 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3510 | 1603 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4306 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 567 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 74175 | |
| 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 580 (Laptop) | AMD Radeon R9 270 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Polaris 20 | Curacao |
| Design | Radeon RX 500 Series | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 | 13 November 2013 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $301.69 | $179 |
| Place in performance rating | 683 | 509 |
| Price now | $169.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 62.57 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1340 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Compute units | 36 | |
| Core clock speed | 1257 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 6.2 TFLOPs | 2,368 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 2304 | 1280 |
| Pixel fill rate | 42.88 GP/s | |
| Render output units | 32 | |
| Stream Processors | 2304 | 1280 |
| Texture fill rate | 192.96 GTexel/s | 74 GTexel / s |
| Texture Units | 144 | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 185 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,700 million | 2,800 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| VGA | ||
| DisplayPort support | ||
| Dual-link DVI support | ||
| Eyefinity | ||
| HDMI | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt | |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
| Length | 210 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 179.2 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8000 MHz | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 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) | ||
| VR Ready | ||
| DDMA audio | ||
| HD3D | ||
| TressFX | ||
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