NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q 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. 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1185 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2.9x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 78123 vs 70535
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17328 vs 6316
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8912 vs 8390
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17328 vs 6316
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8912 vs 8390
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 January 2019 vs 13 March 2015
Boost clock speed 1185 MHz vs 925 MHz
Pipelines 2304 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 78123 vs 70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17328 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 vs 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17328 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 vs 8390

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 885 MHz
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 8055
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 8055
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 885 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566 vs 8055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566 vs 8055

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
78123
70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17328
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8055
27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17328
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8912
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8055
27566
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G3D Mark 11748
PassMark - G2D Mark 483
Geekbench - OpenCL 78123 70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 168.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1935.102
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 111.023
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1001.496
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17328 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8055 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17328 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8055 27566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6841

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.0
Code name TU106 Pitcairn
Launch date 29 January 2019 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 178 165
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1185 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 885 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2304 1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 10,800 million 2,800 million
Floating-point performance 1,894 gflops
Texture fill rate 59.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB / s