Radeon RX 560X Mobile vs R9 270 1024SP

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	393
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.07
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	Polaris 11
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	13 March 2015 (9 years ago)	5 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Current price	no data	$520

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1024	1024
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1172 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	1275 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	60-80 Watt
Texture fill rate	59.20	81.60
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops	2,611 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 270 1024SP and Radeon RX 560X Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	92.8 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync

no data

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 March 2015	5 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	60 Watt

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