Radeon HD 8750A vs R9 270

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking420not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.88no data
Power efficiency5.19no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameCuracaoMars
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 November 2013 (11 years ago)2 February 2013 (11 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 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 cores1280384
Core clock speedno data600 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate74.0014.40
Floating-point processing power2.368 TFLOPS0.4608 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs8024

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 x16MXM-A (3.0)
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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s16 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 DisplayPortNo outputs
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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 November 2013 2 February 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 45 Watt

R9 270 has an age advantage of 9 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

HD 8750A, on the other hand, has 233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 270 and Radeon HD 8750A. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 270 is a desktop card while Radeon HD 8750A is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon R9 270
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