AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 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.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1156 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 1471 MHz vs 925 MHz
5574.3x more texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
3.5x more pipelines: 3584 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
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 70535
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14462 vs 6316
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14462 vs 6316

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 August 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1156 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1471 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	330.00 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	163998 vs 70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14462 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14462 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

180.4x better floating-point performance: 1,894 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 210 Watt
3x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3717
8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 3361
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3717
8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 3361

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 210 Watt
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8390 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	27566 vs 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8390 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	27566 vs 3361

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

163998

70535

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14462

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

27566

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14462

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

27566

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark	13295
PassMark - G2D Mark	774
Geekbench - OpenCL	163998	70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14462	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14462	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	27566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6875

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Vega 10	Pitcairn
Design	Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch date	14 August 2017	13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	211	165
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1471 MHz	925 MHz
Compute units	56
Core clock speed	1156 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	10.5 TFLOPs	1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines	3584	1024
Pixel fill rate	94.00 GP/s
Render output units	64
Stream Processors	3584
Texture fill rate	330.00 GTexel/s	59.2 GTexel / s
Texture Units	256
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	210 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 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	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	410 GB/s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore