GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Mobile vs Radeon R9 270

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking417not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.90no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameCuracaoTU106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 November 2013 (10 years ago)9 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12802176
Boost clock speed925 MHz1530 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate74.00208.1
Floating-point performance2.368 gflopsno data

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinno data

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 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s448.0 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 DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 November 2013 9 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 175 Watt

R9 270 has 16.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 SUPER Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 270 and GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 270 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Mobile is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon R9 270
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