AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 and AMD Radeon R9 270X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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 6

AMD Radeon R9 270X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 6

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	7 January 2018 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 612 vs 320
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4870 vs 1015

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	612 vs 320
PassMark - G3D Mark	4870 vs 1015

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

612

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1015

4870

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6	AMD Radeon R9 270X
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	612
PassMark - G3D Mark	1015	4870
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1769

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6	AMD Radeon R9 270X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5th gen	GCN 1.0
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Curacao
Launch date	7 January 2018	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	454	451
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$399
Value for money (0-100)		16.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	384
Transistor count	4500 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		2,688 gflops
Pipelines		1280
Stream Processors		1280
Texture fill rate		84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		180 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.0
Vulkan
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		2 x 6-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)