Radeon R9 270X vs HD 7870 |
Released October, 2013
AMD Radeon R9 270X
- 1 GHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
6.7 Out of 10
by techPowerUp!The 28 nm "Pitcairn" silicon, on which the Radeon R9 270X is based, features 1,280 stream processors based on the Graphics CoreNext micro-architecture, 80 texture memory units (TMUs), 32 raster operations units (ROPs), and a 256-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 2 GB of memory.
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Released March, 2012
AMD Radeon HD 7870
- 1 GHz
- 2 GB GDDR5
6.7 Out of 10
by techPowerUp! (Dec, 2012)Looking at performance-per-watt in games, the HD 7870 jokerCard is the least power-efficient card from AMD.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of R9 270X vs 7870 among Desktop GPUs
Gaming | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
Graphics | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
Computing | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
Value | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
Noise and Power | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
No winner declared
Too close to call
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Better 3DMark vantage graphics score | 28,000 | vs | 23,592 | Around 20% better 3DMark vantage graphics score | |||
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| Better 3DMark 11 graphics score | 8,520 | vs | 6,194 | Around 40% better 3DMark 11 graphics score | |||
| Higher effective memory clock speed | 5,600 MHz | vs | 4,800 MHz | More than 15% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
| Higher memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | vs | 153.6 GB/s | More than 15% higher memory bandwidth | |||
| Much higher battlefield 3 framerate | 65 | vs | 38.6 | Around 70% higher battlefield 3 framerate | |||
| Higher memory clock speed | 1,400 MHz | vs | 1,200 MHz | More than 15% higher memory clock speed | |||
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| Better PassMark direct compute score | 2,360 | vs | 1,062 | Around 2.2x better PassMark direct compute score | |||
| Better video composition score | 91.03 frames/s | vs | 75.59 frames/s | More than 20% better video composition score | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Radeon R9 270X vs HD 7870
Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench
Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench
Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
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