AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
AMD Radeon RX 580X
AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
AMD Radeon RX 580X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon RX 580X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

258
Place in performance rating
174
36.84
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN
Architecture
GCN 4.0
Curacao
Code name
Polaris 20
Desktop
Type
Desktop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
11 April 2018 (3 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$327 (1.6x MSRP)
Price now
$191
reference
Design
no data
6.66
Value for money
63.70
Curacao XT
GPU code name
Polaris 20
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon RX 580X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
2304
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Core clock speed
1257 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
1340 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
180 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
185 Watt
84.00
Texture fill rate
193.0
2,688 gflops
Floating-point performance
6,175 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
1340 MHz
2,800 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
180 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
185 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 RX 580X.

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

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 RX 580X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
179.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon RX 580X, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon RX 580X is the additional functionality.

+
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

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon RX 580X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
no data
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 270X and AMD Radeon RX 580X 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 RX 580X 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 RX 580X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 580X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 580X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 580X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 580X
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

Less power consumption (180 Watt vs 185 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 580X

13.72% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($191 vs $327 (1.6x MSRP))

More pipelines (2304 vs 1280)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (256.0 GB/s vs 179.2 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R9 270X or AMD Radeon RX 580X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 580X .

AMD Radeon R9 270X versus AMD Radeon RX 580X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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