AMD Radeon R9 270
VS
AMD Caicos
AMD Radeon R9 270
VS
AMD Caicos

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270 and AMD Caicos. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

286
Place in performance rating
not rated
GCN 1.0
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Curacao
Code name
Caicos
Desktop
Type
Desktop
13 November 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
no data
$179
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$269 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$10.38
reference
Design
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6.20
Value for money
no data
Curacao
GPU code name
Caicos
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 270 and AMD Caicos based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
160
925 MHz
Boost Clock
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2,800 million
Transistor count
370 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
74.00
Texture fill rate
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2,368 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
160
925 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,800 million
Number of transistors
370 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 270 and AMD Caicos.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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210 mm
Length
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1 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R9 270 and AMD Caicos can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
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2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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256 Bit
Memory bus width
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179.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270 and AMD Caicos, the size and number of monitors.

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

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 270 and AMD Caicos is the additional functionality.

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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 270 and AMD Caicos. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
+
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
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1.2
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 270 and AMD Caicos graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 270 or AMD Caicos good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
AMD Caicos
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
AMD Caicos
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
AMD Caicos
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
AMD Caicos
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
AMD Caicos
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 270

20.51% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 160)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Advantages of AMD Caicos

Cheaper ($10.38 vs $269 (1.5x MSRP))

So, AMD Radeon R9 270 or AMD Caicos?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 270 .

AMD Radeon R9 270 versus AMD Caicos performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 270
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Caicos