AMD Radeon R9 270
VS
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
AMD Radeon R9 270
VS
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon R9 270  vs  NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290.

286
Place in performance rating
1016
no data
Value for money (0-100)
2.30
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Tesla
Curacao
Code name
G86
Desktop
Type
Workstation
13 November 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
4 October 2007 (14 years ago)
$179
Launch price (MSRP)
$149
$269 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$107 (0.7x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
6.20
Value for money
0.02
Curacao
GPU code name
G86
Desktop
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R9 270  vs  NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1280
Pipelines
16
no data
Core clock speed
459 MHz
925 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,800 million
Transistor count
210 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
21 Watt
74.00
Texture fill rate
3.672
2,368 gflops
Floating-point performance
29.376 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
925 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,800 million
Number of transistors
210 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
21 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
210 mm
Length
168 mm
1 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon R9 270 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR2
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
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Memory clock speed
800 MHz
179.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
6.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R9 270 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DMS-59
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
no data
+
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 12
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.6
OpenGL
3.3
+
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 270 or NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 270

19.09% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 16)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 80 nm)

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 6.4 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290

Cheaper ($107 (0.7x MSRP) vs $269 (1.5x MSRP))

Less power consumption (21 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon R9 270 or NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 270 .

AMD Radeon R9 270 versus NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Unigine Heaven 4.0

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Passmark

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User rating

4.2 Out of 53 Hitesti Score
2.5 Out of 2 Hitesti Score