NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 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: 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 Quadro RTX 4000

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1005 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 67% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 925 MHz
3758.4x more texture fill rate: 222.5 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
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
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 85558 vs 70535
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20206 vs 6316
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20206 vs 6316

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 November 2018 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1005 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	222.5 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	85558 vs 70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20206 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20206 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 160 Watt
3x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3714
8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 3359
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3714
8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 3359

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 160 Watt
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8390 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	27566 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8390 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	27566 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

85558

70535

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20206

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

27566

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20206

6316

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

8390

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

27566

Name	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Geekbench - OpenCL	85558	70535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	282.628
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3403.106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	24.719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	136.919
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1010.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20206	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	27566
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20206	6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714	8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	27566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7856

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 1.0
Code name	TU104	Pitcairn
GCN generation	Quadro RTX
Launch date	13 November 2018	13 March 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$899
Place in performance rating	195	165
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	1005 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	222.5 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.24 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.119 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	1024
Pixel fill rate	98.88 GPixel/s
Render output units	64
Texture fill rate	222.5 GTexel/s	59.2 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	13600 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		1,894 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	9.5 inches (241 mm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	416.0 GB/s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5