Radeon RX 5600 OEM vs R9 270

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 270 and Radeon RX 5600 OEM, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 270
2013
2 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
11.17

RX 5600 OEM outperforms R9 270 by a whopping 182% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking422175
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.05no data
Power efficiency5.1114.40
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameCuracaoNavi 10
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 November 2013 (11 years ago)21 January 2020 (4 years 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 cores12802048
Core clock speedno data1130 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate74.00199.7
Floating-point processing power2.368 TFLOPS6.39 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs80128

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s288.0 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 DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 270 11.17
RX 5600 OEM 31.50
+182%

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
RX 5600 OEM 12137
+182%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.17 31.50
Recency 13 November 2013 21 January 2020
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm

RX 5600 OEM has a 182% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5600 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 270 in performance tests.


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