NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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 RTX 3050 Ti

AMD Radeon R9 270X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
985.7x more texture fill rate: 82.80 GTexel/s vs 84 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 180 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10117 vs 4869
3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 229.393 vs 63.87
Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2082.931 vs 1314.72
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.561 vs 6.354
Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 134.68 vs 85.21
Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 599.217 vs 315.412
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16098 vs 8068
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16098 vs 8068

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 May 2021 vs 8 October 2013
Texture fill rate	82.80 GTexel/s vs 84 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 180 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10117 vs 4869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	229.393 vs 63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2082.931 vs 1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	16.561 vs 6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	134.68 vs 85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	599.217 vs 315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16098 vs 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16098 vs 8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1035 MHz
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 613 vs 497
3.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1772 vs 469

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 1035 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	613 vs 497
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1772 vs 469

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10117

4869

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

497

613

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

229.393

63.87

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2082.931

1314.72

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16.561

6.354

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

134.68

85.21

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

599.217

315.412

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16098

8068

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16098

8068

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3350

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

469

1772

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti	AMD Radeon R9 270X
PassMark - G3D Mark	10117	4869
PassMark - G2D Mark	497	613
Geekbench - OpenCL	57885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	229.393	63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2082.931	1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	16.561	6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	134.68	85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	599.217	315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16098	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16098	8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	469	1772

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti	AMD Radeon R9 270X
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 1.0
Code name	GA106	Curacao
Launch date	11 May 2021	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	276	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	1035 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	82.80 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5.299 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.299 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	1280
Pixel fill rate	49.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	82.80 GTexel/s	84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		2,688 gflops
Stream Processors		1280
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)