Quadro4 980 XGL vs Radeon R9 270

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking416not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.87no data
Power efficiency5.37no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameCuracaoNV28 A2
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 November 2013 (10 years ago)12 November 2002 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1280no data
Core clock speedno data300 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million36 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Texture fill rate74.002.400
Floating-point processing power2.368 TFLOPSno data
ROPs328
TMUs808

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 8x
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data325 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s10.4 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 128.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A

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.

R9 270 4306
+86020%
Quadro4 980 XGL 5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 November 2013 12 November 2002
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

R9 270 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 270 and Quadro4 980 XGL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 270 is a desktop card while Quadro4 980 XGL is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon R9 270
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