AMD Radeon R9 270 VS AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores179.2 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon R9 270

amd
Brand8GB HBM2
Memory3584
Cores409.6 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon RX Vega 56

AMD Radeon R9 270
Radeon R9 270
$179 • Nov 2013
Radeon RX Vega 56
$399 • Aug 2017
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 270 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | HBM2 |
| TDP | 150 W | 210 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 925 MHz | 1471 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 409.6 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 5.0 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 3584 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 80 | 224 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 2048-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1400 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 29.6 GPixel/s | 94.14 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 179.2 GTexel/s | 409.6 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.368 GFLOPS | 10.54 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.50 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 495 mm² |
| Transistors | 2800 Million | 12500 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon R9 270
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 270
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R9 270
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 270
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

AMD Radeon R9 270
AMD • 2GB GDDR5

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD • 8GB HBM2
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