Radeon R9 290X2 vs R9 270X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking389not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.64no data
Power efficiency5.06no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameCuracaoHawaii
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)24 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $1,399

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 cores12802816
Core clock speedno data1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt580 Watt
Texture fill rate84.00176.0
Floating-point processing power2.688 TFLOPS5.632 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs80176

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 x16
Width2-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors2 x 6-pin4x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1350 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s345.6 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 DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity+-
HDMI++
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
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_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 October 2013 24 June 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 580 Watt

R9 270X has 222.2% lower power consumption.

R9 290X2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 270X and Radeon R9 290X2. We've got no test results to judge.


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