NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 1481 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 71% higher boost clock speed: 1582 MHz vs 925 MHz
6x more texture fill rate: 354.4 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
3.5x more pipelines: 3584 vs 1024
6x better floating-point performance: 11,340 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
5.5x more maximum memory size: 11 GB vs 2 GB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 11008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15019 vs 6316
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15019 vs 6316

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1481 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	354.4 GTexel / s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3584 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	11,340 gflops vs 1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	11 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	11008 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15019 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15019 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 62406
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3716
8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 3357
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3716
8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 3357

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	70535 vs 62406
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8390 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	27566 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8390 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	27566 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

62406

70535

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15019

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

27566

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15019

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

27566

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark	18558
PassMark - G2D Mark	937
Geekbench - OpenCL	62406	70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	205.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2406.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	19.591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1002.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15019	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15019	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	27566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9870

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP102	Pitcairn
Launch date	10 March 2017	13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$699
Place in performance rating	201	165
Price now	$826.98
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	27.48
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1582 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	1481 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	11,340 gflops	1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	91 °C
Pipelines	3584	1024
Texture fill rate	354.4 GTexel / s	59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	11,800 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	11 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	484.4 GB / s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	352 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	11008 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
HDMI 2.0b
PCIe 3.0
SLI
Virtual Reality