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AMD Radeon R9 270X vs AMD Radeon HD 7970
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon HD 7970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.
AMD Radeon R9 270X 
vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 925 MHz
- Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 300 Watt
| Specifications (specs) |
| Launch date | 8 October 2013 vs 22 December 2011 |
| Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz vs 925 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 180 Watt vs 300 Watt |
| Benchmarks |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3706 vs 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3706 vs 3704 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 84 GTexel / s
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
- Around 41% better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 2,688 gflops
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 84.413 vs 63.87
- Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1390.592 vs 1314.72
- Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.336 vs 6.354
- Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 101.929 vs 85.21
- Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 481.76 vs 315.412
- Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9448 vs 8068
- Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9448 vs 8068
- Around 28% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2276 vs 1772
| Specifications (specs) |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s vs 84 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1280 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops vs 2,688 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 2 GB |
| Benchmarks |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 84.413 vs 63.87 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1390.592 vs 1314.72 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.336 vs 6.354 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 101.929 vs 85.21 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 481.76 vs 315.412 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9448 vs 8068 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9448 vs 8068 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2276 vs 1772 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 270X GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | | |
| Name | AMD Radeon R9 270X | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4869 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 613 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 63.87 | 84.413 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1314.72 | 1390.592 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.354 | 7.336 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 85.21 | 101.929 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 315.412 | 481.76 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 8068 | 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3706 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 8068 | 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3706 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 | 3350 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1772 | 2276 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34541 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
Essentials |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Curacao | Tahiti |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 200 Series | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series |
| Launch date | 8 October 2013 | 22 December 2011 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | $549 |
| Place in performance rating | 440 | 464 |
| Price now | $399 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 16.05 |
Technical info |
| Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,688 gflops | 3,789 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 2048 |
| Stream Processors | 1280 | 2048 |
| Texture fill rate | 84 GTexel / s | 118.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 180 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,800 million | 4,313 million |
Video outputs and ports |
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort support |
| Dual-link DVI support |
| Eyefinity |
| HDMI |
| VGA |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2 x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Length | 274 mm |
API support |
| DirectX | 12 | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Vulkan |
Memory |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | 264 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz |
Technologies |
| AMD Eyefinity |
| AppAcceleration |
| CrossFire |
| DDMA audio |
| FreeSync |
| HD3D |
| LiquidVR |
| TressFX |
| TrueAudio |
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |
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