Radeon E9173 PCIe vs R9 270X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking394not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.82no data
Power efficiency4.81no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameCuracaoLexa
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)3 October 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 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 cores1280512
Core clock speedno data1124 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1219 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate84.0039.01
Floating-point processing power2.688 TFLOPS1.248 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs8032

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 3.0 x8
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s48 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

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CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
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TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 October 2013 3 October 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 35 Watt

R9 270X has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

E9173 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 414.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 270X and Radeon E9173 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 270X is a desktop card while Radeon E9173 PCIe is a notebook one.


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