Arc B570 vs Radeon R9 270 1024SP

VS

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Generation 12.7 (2022−2024)
GPU code namePitcairnBGM-G21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)12 December 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$219

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores10242304
Core clock speed900 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHz2500 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate59.20360.0
Floating-point processing power1.894 TFLOPS11.52 TFLOPS
ROPs3280
TMUs64144
Tensor Coresno data144
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data272 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB10 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s384.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 12 December 2024
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Arc B570 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 270 1024SP and Arc B570. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Intel Arc B570
Arc B570

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


2.3 3 votes

Rate Radeon R9 270 1024SP on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.3 6 votes

Rate Arc B570 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.