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

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega XT 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, Memory, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX Vega XT

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 1630 MHz vs 925 MHz
7x more texture fill rate: 417.3 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1024
7.1x better floating-point performance: 13,353 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
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
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 196748 vs 70535

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 August 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1630 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	417.3 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	13,353 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	196748 vs 70535

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 225 Watt
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1890 MHz

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

196748

70535

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega XT	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Geekbench - OpenCL	196748	70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		27566

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega XT	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Vega 10	Pitcairn
Launch date	8 August 2017	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	35	165
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1630 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,353 gflops	1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	1024
Texture fill rate	417.3 GTexel / s	59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count		2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
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
API support
DirectX		12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL		4.5