Radeon R9 270 vs RX 5500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 5500 and Radeon R9 270, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 5500
2019
4 GB GDDR6, 110 Watt
22.80
+104%

RX 5500 outperforms R9 270 by a whopping 104% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking248422
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.06
Power efficiency14.205.11
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameNavi 14Curacao
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date7 October 2019 (5 years ago)13 November 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$179

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 cores14081280
Boost clock speed1845 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate162.474.00
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS2.368 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs8880

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 supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length180 mm210 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1 x 6-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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s179.2 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x 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.

CrossFire-+
FreeSync-+
HD3D-+
LiquidVR-+
TressFX-+
TrueAudio-+
UVD-+
DDMA audiono data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)DirectX® 12
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-+

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.

RX 5500 22.80
+104%
R9 270 11.18

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.

RX 5500 8785
+104%
R9 270 4306

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 22.80 11.18
Recency 7 October 2019 13 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 150 Watt

RX 5500 has a 103.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 36.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 270 in performance tests.


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