AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5
AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon RX Vega 5. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

258
Place in performance rating
385
36.84
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN
Architecture
Vega
Curacao
Code name
Vega
Desktop
Type
Laptop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
7 January 2020 (1 year ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
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$327 (1.6x MSRP)
Price now
$287
reference
Design
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6.66
Value for money
11.03
Curacao XT
GPU code name
Vega
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
320
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
1400 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
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28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
180 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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84.00
Texture fill rate
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2,688 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
1400 MHz
2,800 million
Number of transistors
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180 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 270X and AMD Radeon RX Vega 5.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
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2 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 270X and AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 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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-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon RX Vega 5, the size and number of monitors.

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

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 is the additional functionality.

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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
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1
TressFX
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+
TrueAudio
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-
ZeroCore
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+
DDMA audio
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-
Enduro
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+
UVD
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon RX Vega 5. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX 12_1
4.6
OpenGL
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+
Vulkan
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5.1
Shader Model
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1.2
OpenCL
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-
Mantle
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 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 Vega 5 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 Vega 5
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 64.1 24 15.2
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5
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

9.87% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 320)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX Vega 5

Cheaper ($287 vs $327 (1.6x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

So, AMD Radeon R9 270X or AMD Radeon RX Vega 5?

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

AMD Radeon R9 270X versus AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 performance benchmarks comparison

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