Radeon RX 580X vs ATI HD 4270

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated321
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data6.25
ArchitectureRV6xx (2008−2010)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameRS880MPolaris 20
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2010 (14 years ago)11 April 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores402304
Core clock speed590 MHz1257 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1340 MHz
Number of transistorsno data5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data185 Watt
Texture fill rateno data193.0
Floating-point processing powerno data6.175 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data144

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data256.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.112 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI HD 4270 109
RX 580X 6458
+5825%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2010 11 April 2018
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm

RX 580X has an age advantage of 7 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4270 and Radeon RX 580X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4270 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 580X is a desktop one.


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