AMD Radeon R9 270
VS
NVIDIA Quadro K6000
AMD Radeon R9 270
VS
NVIDIA Quadro K6000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro K6000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

286
Place in performance rating
165
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Value for money (0-100)
13.43
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Kepler
Curacao
Code name
GK110B
Desktop
Type
Workstation
13 November 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
23 July 2013 (8 years ago)
$179
Launch price (MSRP)
$5,265
$269 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$772 (0.1x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
6.20
Value for money
10.05
Curacao
GPU code name
GK110B
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro K6000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
2880
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Core clock speed
797 MHz
925 MHz
Boost Clock
902 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
7,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
225 Watt
74.00
Texture fill rate
216.5
2,368 gflops
Floating-point performance
5,196 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2880
925 MHz
Boost clock speed
902 MHz
2,800 million
Number of transistors
7,080 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
225 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro K6000.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
210 mm
Length
267 mm
1 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
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 NVIDIA Quadro K6000 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
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Memory clock speed
6008 MHz
179.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
288.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro K6000, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
1
Eyefinity
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+
HDMI
no data
+
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro K6000 is the additional functionality.

-
AppAcceleration
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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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro K6000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
no data
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 NVIDIA Quadro K6000 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 Quadro K6000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro K6000
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro K6000
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro K6000
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro K6000
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro K6000
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

Cheaper ($269 (1.5x MSRP) vs $772 (0.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (150 Watt vs 225 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro K6000

19.86% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2880 vs 1280)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (288.4 GB/s vs 179.2 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R9 270 or NVIDIA Quadro K6000?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro K6000 .

AMD Radeon R9 270 versus NVIDIA Quadro K6000 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 270
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA Quadro K6000