AMD Radeon RX 6800
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 6800
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 6800 and AMD Radeon R9 270X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

12
Place in performance rating
258
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Value for money (0-100)
36.84
Navi / RDNA2
Architecture
GCN
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Code name
Curacao
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Type
Desktop
18 November 2020 (1 year ago)
Release date
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
$579
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$1594 (2.8x MSRP)
Price now
$327 (1.6x MSRP)
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Design
reference
17.88
Value for money
6.66
Navi 21
GPU code name
Curacao XT
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 6800 and AMD Radeon R9 270X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
1280
1815 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
1050 MHz
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Transistor count
2,800 million
7 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
505.2
Texture fill rate
84.00
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Floating-point performance
2,688 gflops
3840
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
2105 MHz
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
26,800 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
180 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and AMD Radeon R9 270X.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
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2x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2 x 6-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 RX 6800 and AMD Radeon R9 270X can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
16 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
16000 MHz
Memory clock speed
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512.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 6800 and AMD Radeon R9 270X, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 6800 and AMD Radeon R9 270X is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
+
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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LiquidVR
1
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PowerTune
-
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TressFX
1
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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
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 6800 and AMD Radeon R9 270X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 6800 and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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 RX 6800 or AMD Radeon R9 270X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 270X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 270X
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 RX 6800

55.5% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (512.0 GB/s vs 179.2 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 270X

Cheaper ($327 (1.6x MSRP) vs $1594 (2.8x MSRP))

So, AMD Radeon RX 6800 or AMD Radeon R9 270X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 6800 .

AMD Radeon RX 6800 versus AMD Radeon R9 270X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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