AMD Radeon RX 7600 vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7600 and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 7600

AMD Radeon R9 270X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7600

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.5x more boost clock speed: 2655 MHz vs 1050 MHz
4045.2x more texture fill rate: 339.8 GTexel/s vs 84 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 180 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 980 vs 613
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16604 vs 4869
Around 30% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2310 vs 1772
5.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 378.467 vs 63.87
4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6023.754 vs 1314.72
3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 24.857 vs 6.354
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 188.299 vs 85.21
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1139.62 vs 315.412

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 May 2023 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	2655 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	339.8 GTexel/s vs 84 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 180 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	980 vs 613
PassMark - G3D Mark	16604 vs 4869
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2310 vs 1772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	378.467 vs 63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6023.754 vs 1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	24.857 vs 6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	188.299 vs 85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1139.62 vs 315.412

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

980

613

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16604

4869

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2310

1772

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

378.467

63.87

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6023.754

1314.72

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

24.857

6.354

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

188.299

85.21

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1139.62

315.412

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7600	AMD Radeon R9 270X
PassMark - G2D Mark	980	613
PassMark - G3D Mark	16604	4869
Geekbench - OpenCL	82527
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2310	1772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	378.467	63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6023.754	1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	24.857	6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	188.299	85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1139.62	315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7600	AMD Radeon R9 270X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 33	Curacao
Launch date	24 May 2023	8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$269	$199
Place in performance rating	101	440
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Price now		$399
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		16.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2655 MHz	1050 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1720 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1280
Pixel fill rate	169.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	339.8 GTexel/s	84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	13300 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		2,688 gflops
Stream Processors		1280
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	204 mm, 8 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2 x 6-pin
Width	115 mm, 4.5 inches
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)