AMD Radeon R9 270X review: GPU specs, performance benchmarks
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Radeon R9 270X videocard released by AMD; release date: 8 October 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $199. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Curacao.
Boost clock speed — 1050 MHz. Texture fill rate — 84 GTexel / s. Pipelines — 1280. Floating-point performance — 2,688 gflops. Manufacturing process technology — 28 nm. Transistors count — 2,800 million. Power consumption (TDP) — 180 Watt.
Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount — 2 GB. Memory bus width — 256 Bit. Memory bandwidth — 179.2 GB/s. Shared memory — 0.
Benchmarks
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| CompuBench 1. Face Detection |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Ocean Surface Simulation |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop T-Rex |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Video Composition |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop Bitcoin Mining |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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GFXBench 4. 0T-Rex |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Car Chase Offscreen |
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| GFXBench 4.0 Manhattan |
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| GFXBench 4.0 T-Rex |
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| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score |
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472 Frames/s
389 mHash/s
000 Fps| Name | Value |
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| PassMark — G3D Mark | 4932 |
| PassMark — G2D Mark | 614 |
CompuBench 1. 5 Desktop — Face Detection |
63.896 mPixels/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Ocean Surface Simulation | 1315.678 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — T-Rex | 6.356 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Video Composition | 85.314 Frames/s |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop — Bitcoin Mining | 315.389 mHash/s |
| GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen | 8068 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan | 3706 Frames |
| GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex | 3350 Frames |
GFXBench 4. 0 — Car Chase Offscreen |
8068.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan | 3706.000 Fps |
| GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex | 3350.000 Fps |
| 3DMark Fire Strike — Graphics Score | 1771 |
Specifications (specs)
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Curacao |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series |
| Launch date | 8 October 2013 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 |
| Place in performance rating | 362 |
| Price now | $399 |
| Type | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 16. 05 |
| Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,688 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 |
| Stream Processors | 1280 |
| Texture fill rate | 84 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 180 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,800 million |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3. 0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2 x 6-pin |
| DirectX | 12 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 |
| AMD Eyefinity | |
| AppAcceleration | |
| CrossFire | |
| DDMA audio | |
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| LiquidVR | |
| TressFX | |
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Dimensions And Weight
The dimensions reported here don’t necessarily match what you’ve heard from each manufacturer’s official technical specifications. Rather, we measure them by hand to assure they’re correct. The image and chart below should help illustrate what each measurement actually means. Auxiliary PCI Express power connectors are not included; they have to be added depending on the power plug and cable design.
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| Model | Length (L) | Height (H) | Depth (D1) | Depth (D2) |
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| Asus DirectCU II R9270X-DC2T-4GD5 R9 270X 4 GB | 275 mm | 124 mm | 38 mm | 4 mm |
| Club 3D royalQueen CGAX-R927X6 R9 270X 2 GB | 217 mm | 120 mm | 36 mm | 4 mm |
| Gigabyte GV-R927XOC-4GD R9 270X 4 GB | 287 mm | 112 mm | 36 mm | 4 mm |
| HIS IceQ X² Turbo Boost Clock h370XQMT2G2 R9 270X 2 GB | 264 mm | 118 mm | 38 mm | 4 mm |
| HIS iPower IceQ X² Turbo h370QMT2G2M R9 270 2 GB | 210 mm | 105 mm | 36 mm | 4 mm |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming 4 GB | 263 mm | 120 mm | 38 mm | 4 mm |
| PowerColor PCS+ AXR9 270X 2GBD5-PPDHE R9 270X 2 GB | 245 mm | 105 mm | 38 mm | 6 mm |
| Sapphire Dual-X 100365L R9 270 2 GB | 224 mm | 105 mm | 36 mm | 4 mm |
| Sapphire Toxic Radeon R9 270X 2 GB | 310 mm | 118 mm | 38 mm | 5 mm |
| Sapphire Vapor-X 100364VXL Radeon R9 270X 2 GB | 266 mm | 108 mm | 32 mm | 4 mm |
Graphics Card Weight
The weight of a card might be interesting if you’re trying to figure out if any additional support is needed, or to calculate the amount of stress your motherboard might be under in a CrossFire-based setup.
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| Model | Weight |
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| Asus DirectCU II R9270X-DC2T-4GD5 R9 270X 4 GB | 1.57 lbs / 715 g |
| Gigabyte GV-R927XOC-4GD R9 270X 4 GB | 1.56 lbs / 708 g |
| HIS IceQ X² Turbo Boost Clock h370XQMT2G2 R9 270X 2 GB | 1.62 lbs / 736 g |
| MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming 4 GB | 1.65 lbs / 748 g |
| Sapphire Dual-X 100365L R9 270 2 GB | 1.16 lbs / 527 g |
| Sapphire Toxic Radeon R9 270X 2 GB | 2.29 lbs / 1039 g |
| Sapphire Vapor-X 100364VXL Radeon R9 270X 2 GB | 1.69 lbs / 767 g |
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