AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 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 64

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1247 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 67% higher boost clock speed: 1546 MHz vs 925 MHz
6685.8x more texture fill rate: 395.80 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 8192 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
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 204168 vs 70535
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 14744 vs 6316
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 14744 vs 6316

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1247 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1546 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	395.80 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	8192 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	204168 vs 70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14744 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14744 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

149.1x better floating-point performance: 1,894 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs
Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 295 Watt
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1890 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 3358
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 3358

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 295 Watt
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8390 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	27566 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8390 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	27566 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

204168

70535

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14744

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

27566

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14744

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

27566

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark	14393
PassMark - G2D Mark	800
Geekbench - OpenCL	204168	70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	195.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	129.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1328.033
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14744	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14744	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	27566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7522

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64	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	7 August 2017	13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	170	165
Price now	$449.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	41.07
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1546 MHz	925 MHz
Compute units	64
Core clock speed	1247 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	12.7 TFLOPs	1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	840 GFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	26.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.4 TFLOPs
Pipelines	8192	1024
Pixel fill rate	98.90 GP/s
Render output units	64
Stream Processors	4096
Texture fill rate	395.80 GTexel/s	59.2 GTexel / s
Texture Units	256
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 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	279 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 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	483.8 GB/s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 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