AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

AMD Radeon R9 270X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1050 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	26 Oct 2017 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

2.5x more pipelines: 1280 vs 512
Around 24% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1772 vs 1429

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 512
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1772 vs 1429

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270X

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1429

1772

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	AMD Radeon R9 270X
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1429	1772
PassMark - G3D Mark		4869
PassMark - G2D Mark		613
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	AMD Radeon R9 270X
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	GCN 1.0
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Curacao
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	949	440
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	1200 MHz	1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	1280
Floating-point performance		2,688 gflops
Stream Processors		1280
Texture fill rate		84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		180 Watt
Transistor count		2,800 million
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenGL		4.5
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)