Radeon RX 580 XTR vs R9 270

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking416not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.87no data
Power efficiency5.31no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameCuracaoPolaris 20
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 November 2013 (10 years ago)18 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 $229

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 cores12802304
Core clock speedno data1257 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHz1340 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt185 Watt
Texture fill rate74.00193.0
Floating-point processing power2.368 TFLOPSno data
ROPs3232
TMUs80144

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 mm241 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s256.0 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, 3x DisplayPort
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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® 1212.0 (12_0)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 November 2013 18 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 185 Watt

R9 270 has 23.3% lower power consumption.

RX 580 XTR, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 270 and Radeon RX 580 XTR. We've got no test results to judge.


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