AMD Radeon R9 270
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
AMD Radeon R9 270
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 610. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

286
Place in performance rating
961
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Value for money (0-100)
4.48
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Fermi 2.0
Curacao
Code name
GF119
Desktop
Type
Desktop
13 November 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
2 April 2012 (9 years ago)
$179
Launch price (MSRP)
$39.99
$269 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$140 (3.5x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
6.20
Value for money
0.03
Curacao
GPU code name
GF119
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
48
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Core clock speed
810 MHz
925 MHz
Boost Clock
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2,800 million
Transistor count
292 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
29 Watt
74.00
Texture fill rate
6.5 billion/sec
2,368 gflops
Floating-point performance
155.5 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
102 °C
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CUDA cores
48
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
925 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,800 million
Number of transistors
292 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
29 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 610.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
210 mm
Length
5.7" (14.5 cm)
1 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 2.0
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Height
2.7" (6.9 cm)

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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1024 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1.8 GB/s
179.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 610, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA
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Multi monitor support
+
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
+
-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data
no data
3D Blu-Ray
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 610. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.2
+
Vulkan
N/A
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.1
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
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

18.15% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

Cheaper ($140 (3.5x MSRP) vs $269 (1.5x MSRP))

Less power consumption (29 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (1024 MB vs 2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon R9 270 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 610?

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

AMD Radeon R9 270 versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 270
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