AMD Radeon R9 270X: specs and benchmarks

Price now 270$

Games supported 79%

Year of release 2013

Performance 16.73

Summary

AMD started Radeon R9 270X sales 8 October 2013 at a recommended price of $199. This is GCN architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 179.2 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Two 6-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 180 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at

16.73%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.

Radeon R9 270X

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

General info

Of Radeon R9 270X's architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	278
Value for money	7.43
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Curacao XT
Market segment	Desktop
Design	reference
Release date	8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Price now	$270 (1.4x MSRP)	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Value for money

To get the index we compare the characteristics of video cards and their relative prices.

Technical specs

Radeon R9 270X's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 270X's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	of 18432 (AD102)
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600)
Number of transistors	2,800 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Thermal design power (TDP)	180 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)
Texture fill rate	84.00	of 939.8 (H100 SXM5)
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on Radeon R9 270X's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 270X: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 270X. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	+
HDMI	+
DisplayPort support	+

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Radeon R9 270X. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	+
CrossFire	1
Enduro	-
FreeSync	1
HD3D	+
LiquidVR	1
PowerTune	-
TressFX	1
TrueAudio	+
ZeroCore	-
UVD	+
DDMA audio	+

API support

APIs supported by Radeon R9 270X, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	+
Mantle	-

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of Radeon R9 270X. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 270X 16.73

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Unigine Heaven 4.0
Passmark

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R9 270X 6560

Unigine Heaven 4.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark, a newer version of Unigine 3.0 with relatively small differences. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. The benchmark is still sometimes used, despite its significant age, as it was released back in 2013.

R9 270X 735

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 270X 4921

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon R9 270X. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)	318 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)	30 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash)	163 Sol/s

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good Radeon R9 270X is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18
Battlefield 5	16−18
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18
Far Cry 5	16−18
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
Hitman 3	16−18
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18
Battlefield 5	16−18
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18
Far Cry 5	16−18
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
Hitman 3	16−18
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18
Metro Exodus	16−18
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18
Battlefield 5	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18
Far Cry 5	16−18
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18
Hitman 3	16−18
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18
Metro Exodus	16−18
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18
Battlefield 5	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18
Far Cry 5	16−18
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18
Hitman 3	16−18
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18
Metro Exodus	16−18
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18
Battlefield 5	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18
Far Cry 5	16−18
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18

Relative perfomance

Overall Radeon R9 270X performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

AMD Radeon HD 7970 106.63

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 103.35

AMD Radeon R9 270X 100

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 96.89

AMD Radeon HD 7950 96.77

AMD Radeon Sky 500 96.23

NVIDIA equivalent

We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon R9 270X from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 760, which is slower by 3% and lower by 5 positions in our rating.