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
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 580X | AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP |
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| 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 | |
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Essentials |
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| 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 | 169 | 172 |
| Type | Desktop, Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| 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 |
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| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
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| FreeSync | ||
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| VR Ready | ||
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