AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

258
Place in performance rating
17
36.84
Value for money (0-100)
30.38
GCN
Architecture
Turing
Curacao
Code name
TU104
Desktop
Type
Desktop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
2 July 2019 (2 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$699
$327 (1.6x MSRP)
Price now
$1370 (2x MSRP)
reference
Design
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6.66
Value for money
20.95
Curacao XT
GPU code name
Turing TU104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
3072
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Core clock speed
1650 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
1815 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
13,600 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
180 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
84.00
Texture fill rate
348.5
2,688 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3072
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
1815 MHz
2,800 million
Number of transistors
13,600 million
180 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 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 RTX 2080 Super.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
267 mm
2 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 270X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
15500 MHz
179.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
495.9 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 RTX 2080 Super, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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G-SYNC support
+
+
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
+
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Multi Monitor
+
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CUDA
7.5
+
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 270X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
1.2.131
5.1
Shader Model
6.5
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super 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 RTX 2080 Super 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 RTX 2080 Super 158 125 113 95 75 44
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super 189 161 148 146 105 60.3
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super 297 254 225 162 127 77.2
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super 323.2 228.5 151 118.5 81.6 48.7
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super 242 223 219 217 163 86.8
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 $1370 (2x MSRP))

Less power consumption (180 Watt vs 250 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

66.91% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (3072 vs 1280)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (495.9 GB/s vs 179.2 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Radeon R9 270X or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super .

AMD Radeon R9 270X versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super performance benchmarks comparison

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