AMD Radeon RX 480
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270
AMD Radeon RX 480
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270

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 RX 480  vs  AMD Radeon R9 270.

153
Place in performance rating
286
49.01
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Polaris
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Ellesmere
Code name
Curacao
Desktop
Type
Desktop
29 June 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
13 November 2013 (8 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
$179
$480 (2.1x MSRP)
Price now
$269 (1.5x MSRP)
reference
Design
reference
4th Gen
GCN generation
no data
23.23
Value for money
6.20
Polaris 10 Ellesmere
GPU code name
Curacao
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon RX 480  vs  AMD Radeon R9 270 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.

2304
Pipelines
1280
1120 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
1266 MHz
Boost Clock
925 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
182.3
Texture fill rate
74.00
5,834 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,368 gflops
36
Compute units
no data
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1266 MHz
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon R9 270 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
241 mm
Length
210 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
n/a
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
1
Bridgeless CrossFire
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 RX 480 vs AMD Radeon R9 270.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
224 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon RX 480 vs AMD Radeon R9 270.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1
Eyefinity
1
2.0
HDMI
+
1.4HDR
DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

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

n/a
AppAcceleration
-
1
CrossFire
1
1
FRTC
no data
+
FreeSync
1
n/a
HD3D
+
1
LiquidVR
1
+
PowerTune
-
1
TressFX
1
n/a
TrueAudio
+
+
ZeroCore
-
+
VCE
no data
no data
DDMA audio
+
n/a
Enduro
-
+
UVD
+
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon R9 270 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
DirectX® 12
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
+
6.4
Shader Model
5.1
2.0
OpenCL
1.2
n/a
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 480 and AMD Radeon R9 270 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 RX 480 or AMD Radeon R9 270 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon R9 270
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon R9 270
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon R9 270
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480 104 65.8 51.6 32.3 17.2
AMD Radeon R9 270
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon R9 270
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 RX 480

19.8% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2304 vs 1280)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (224 GB/s vs 179.2 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 270

Cheaper ($269 (1.5x MSRP) vs $480 (2.1x MSRP))

So, AMD Radeon RX 480 or AMD Radeon R9 270?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 480 .

AMD Radeon RX 480 versus AMD Radeon R9 270 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

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383333 (100 %)

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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Unigine Heaven 3.0

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User rating

4.3 Out of 200 Hitesti Score
4.2 Out of 53 Hitesti Score