AMD Radeon RX 580X vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580X 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 3259.5x more texture fill rate: 192.96 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: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11616 vs 6316
  • Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11616 vs 6316
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 April 2018 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1257 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1340 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2304 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11616 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11616 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • 305.5x better floating-point performance: 1,894 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
  • Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 185 Watt
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 4909
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 4909
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 18294
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 18294
  • Around 69% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 41822
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 1,894 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 185 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8390 vs 4909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8390 vs 4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566 vs 18294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566 vs 18294
Geekbench - OpenCL 70535 vs 41822

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11616
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11616
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4909
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4909
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18294
27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18294
27566
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
41822
70535
Name AMD Radeon RX 580X AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11616 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11616 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4909 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4909 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 18294 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 18294 27566
PassMark - G2D Mark 885
PassMark - G3D Mark 7798
Geekbench - OpenCL 41822 70535

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 580X AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Polaris 20 Pitcairn
Design Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 3 April 2018 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 162 163
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1340 MHz 925 MHz
Compute units 36
Core clock speed 1257 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 6.2 TFLOPs 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 1024
Pixel fill rate 42.88 GP/s
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture fill rate 192.96 GTexel/s 59.2 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

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 256 GB/s 153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 4800 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
TrueAudio
VR Ready