AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
AMD Radeon R9 Nano
AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
AMD Radeon R9 Nano

General info

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

258
Place in performance rating
159
36.84
Value for money (0-100)
23.65
GCN
Architecture
GCN 1.2
Curacao
Code name
Fiji
Desktop
Type
Desktop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
10 September 2015 (6 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$649
$327 (1.6x MSRP)
Price now
$577 (0.9x MSRP)
reference
Design
reference
6.66
Value for money
16.46
Curacao XT
GPU code name
Fiji
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

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

1280
Pipelines
4096
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
8,900 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
180 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
84.00
Texture fill rate
256.0
2,688 gflops
Floating-point performance
8,192 gflops
no data
Compute units
64
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
2,800 million
Number of transistors
8,900 million
180 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
175 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
no data
Length
152 mm
2 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
no data
Bridgeless CrossFire
1

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 270X and AMD Radeon R9 Nano can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
4096 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
500 MHz
179.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
no data
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
+

Video outputs and ports

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

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
Eyefinity
+
no data
Number of Eyefinity displays
6
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

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

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

API support

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

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
+
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
6.3
1.2
OpenCL
2.0
-
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon R9 Nano 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 270X or AMD Radeon R9 Nano good for gaming.


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

Cheaper ($327 (1.6x MSRP) vs $577 (0.9x MSRP))

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 Nano

32.19% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (4096 vs 1280)

Less power consumption (175 Watt vs 180 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (512 GB/s vs 179.2 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R9 270X or AMD Radeon R9 Nano?

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

AMD Radeon R9 270X versus AMD Radeon R9 Nano performance benchmarks comparison

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