AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

258
Place in performance rating
357
36.84
Value for money (0-100)
7.03
GCN
Architecture
Fermi
Curacao
Code name
GF100
Desktop
Type
Desktop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
12 April 2010 (11 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$349
$327 (1.6x MSRP)
Price now
$35 (0.1x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
6.66
Value for money
8.13
Curacao XT
GPU code name
GF100
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
448
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Core clock speed
607 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
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2,800 million
Transistor count
3,100 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
180 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
215 Watt
84.00
Texture fill rate
34.0 billion/sec
2,688 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,088.6 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
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CUDA cores
448
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
448
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,800 million
Number of transistors
3,100 million
180 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
215 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
2 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pins
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SLI options
+
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
no data
Height
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 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 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1280 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
320 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
179.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
133.9 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
no data
Surround
+
+
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
DSR
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.2
+
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
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

7.54% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 448)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (180 Watt vs 215 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 133.9 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

Cheaper ($35 (0.1x MSRP) vs $327 (1.6x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (1280 MB vs 2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon R9 270X or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470?

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

AMD Radeon R9 270X versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 performance benchmarks comparison

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