AMD Radeon R9 270 Benchmark

AMD Radeon R9 270 GPU benchmark and specs - 2 GB AMD Radeon R9 Series Graphics card rating. How good is the Radeon R9 270 for gaming?

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GPU Benchmark Score

8 %

Bad score from 1 sample
High uncertainty

Performance

Bad

Ranking

206th of 531

Popularity

148th of 531

Samples

1 benchmarks

GPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this graphics card in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks.

hardwareDB Benchmark

All tests were performed at 1920 x 1080 resolution

Flux Core

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

39 FPS average

25 FPS 10% low

25 FPS 1% low

Electron

Randomly generated noise sphere test

25 FPS average

24 FPS 10% low

29 FPS 1% low

City

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

35 FPS average

26 FPS 10% low

23 FPS 1% low

Clouds

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

13 FPS average

12 FPS 10% low

16 FPS 1% low

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

Geekbench (OpenCL)

OpenCL compute benchmark

22,331

3DMark Graphics

High-end graphics benchmark

1,600

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GPU Comparison

The AMD Radeon R9 270 compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more GPUs with our GPU Comparison Tool.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	14 %
AMD Radeon R9 M390X	14 %
AMD Radeon R9 380	12 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950	10 %
AMD Radeon R9 270	8 %
AMD Radeon R7 370	7 %
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030	7 %

Specifications

Core Clock	900 MHz
Boost Clock	925 MHz
Memory Type	GDDR5
Memory Size	2 GiB
Bus Width	256 bit
Memory Bandwidth	1.95 GB/s
TDP	150 W
Floating Point Performance	2.37 TFLOP/s
Family	Radeon R9 Series
PCIe Revision	3
DirectX Support	12
OpenGL Support	4.6
Pixel Rate	29.6 Gigapixels/s
Texture Rate	74 Gigatexels/s
Shading Units	1280
Texture Mapping Units	80
Render Output Processors	32

AMD Radeon R9 270

Thanks to our GPU Benchmark, we have measured the AMD Radeon R9 270 as a bad gaming performer a score of 8%.

The Radeon R9 270 has 2 GiB of GDDR5 memory, with a total memory bandwidth of 1 GB/s. The memory bus has a width of 256 bits. When choosing a GPU, plan ahead and select a model with enough memory for your needs. High resolutions such as 4K require significantly more memory than 1080p as there is more data to display on the screen.

In terms of clock speed, the Radeon R9 270 GPU core runs at a frequency of 900 MHz and if power and temperature permits, it can boost up to 925 MHz. The clock runs at a speed called the clock speed. It dictates the number of updates per second that the GPU can process. Overclocking a chip, which means increasing the clock speed will improve the performance. However, thermals and power efficiency may be diminished.

As for rendering API support, the Radeon R9 270 supports up to DirectX 12. In addition, in cross-platform titles, OpenGL 4.6 features are supported. Higher level APIs such as DirectX 12 give more control to the game developer and can allow them to improve the graphics and performance.

The AMD Radeon R9 270 has a TDP of 150W, this is the amount of heat energy produced by the chip as a byproduct. The higher the TDP, the more heat is produced.

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