GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile vs Radeon R9 270X

Place in performance ranking	367	198
Place by popularity	not in top-100	63
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.55	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Curacao XT	GN20-P1
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	8 October 2013 (10 years ago)	10 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data
Current price	$136 (0.7x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	1280	2560
Core clock speed	no data	1222 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1485 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	84.00	118.8
Floating-point performance	2,688 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 270X and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 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). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	192.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	+	no data
LiquidVR	1	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TressFX	1	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
UVD	+	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.2
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. 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 12.64

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 25.00
+97.8%

GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile outperforms Radeon R9 270X by 98% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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 made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R9 270X 6560

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 13360
+104%

GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile outperforms Radeon R9 270X by 104% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	35−40 −109%	73 +109%
1440p	21−24 −105%	43 +105%
4K	14−16 −100%	28 +100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

20−22

−210%

62
+210%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −88.5%	45−50 +88.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22 −200%	60 +200%
Battlefield 5	40−45 −100%	80−85 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −104%	55−60 +104%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 −195%	59 +195%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −71.4%	60−65 +71.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −94.3%	65−70 +94.3%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −86%	80−85 +86%
Hitman 3	27−30 −262%	105 +262%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −251%	144 +251%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −276%	143 +276%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 −180%	98 +180%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −266%	128 +266%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −157%	59 +157%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −88.5%	45−50 +88.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22 −75%	35 +75%
Battlefield 5	40−45 −100%	80−85 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −104%	55−60 +104%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 −125%	45 +125%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −114%	75 +114%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −17.1%	41 +17.1%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −86%	80−85 +86%
Hitman 3	27−30 −124%	65 +124%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −200%	123 +200%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −116%	82 +116%
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40 −157%	90 +157%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −149%	87 +149%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −254%	92 +254%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −139%	55 +139%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 −88.5%	45−50 +88.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	20−22 −30%	26 +30%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −104%	55−60 +104%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 −100%	40 +100%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −71.4%	60−65 +71.4%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −86%	80−85 +86%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −124%	92 +124%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −92.1%	73 +92.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −92.3%	50 +92.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −21.7%	28 +21.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

−131%

81
+131%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 −92%	45−50 +92%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −264%	80 +264%
Hitman 3	18−20 −139%	43 +139%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −111%	18−20 +111%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −108%	27−30 +108%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 −189%	26 +189%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −86.7%	28 +86.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −267%	22 +267%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −150%	50 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −108%	50−55 +108%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −165%	69 +165%
Metro Exodus	21−24 −186%	60 +186%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −190%	61 +190%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −131%	30−33 +131%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −186%	20 +186%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	27−30 −89.3%	53 +89.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −292%	47 +292%
Hitman 3	9−10 −122%	20 +122%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −123%	27−30 +123%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −171%	19 +171%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −164%	29 +164%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −129%	16−18 +129%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −217%	38 +217%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −87.5%	15 +87.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −400%	10 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −100%	30−35 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −162%	34 +162%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −133%	28 +133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −100%	10 +100%