amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores179.2 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 270X
amd
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2560
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Radeon R9 270X
$199 • Oct 2013
Radeon RX 5700 XT
$399 • Jul 2019
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 270X | AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 180 W | 225 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1050 MHz | 1905 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 7nm |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | RDNA 1.0 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 2560 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 80 | 160 |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1400 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 33.6 GPixel/s | 121.9 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 179.2 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 2.688 GFLOPS | 9.754 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.50 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 251 mm² |
| Transistors | 2800 Million | 10300 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
AMD • 8GB GDDR6
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