AMD Radeon RX 6800
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270X
AMD Radeon RX 6800
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270X

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 6800  vs  AMD Radeon R9 270X.

12
Place in performance rating
258
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Value for money (0-100)
36.84
Navi / RDNA2
Architecture
GCN
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Code name
Curacao
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Type
Desktop
18 November 2020 (1 year ago)
Release date
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
$579
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$1594 (2.8x MSRP)
Price now
$327 (1.6x MSRP)
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Design
reference
17.88
Value for money
6.66
Navi 21
GPU code name
Curacao XT
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon RX 6800  vs  AMD Radeon R9 270X 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.

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Pipelines
1280
1815 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
1050 MHz
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Transistor count
2,800 million
7 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
505.2
Texture fill rate
84.00
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Floating-point performance
2,688 gflops
3840
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
2105 MHz
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
26,800 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
180 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 6800 and AMD Radeon R9 270X come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
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2x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2 x 6-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 6800 vs AMD Radeon R9 270X.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
16 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
16000 MHz
Memory clock speed
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512.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

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 6800 vs AMD Radeon R9 270X.

1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
+
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HDMI
+
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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.

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AppAcceleration
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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LiquidVR
1
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PowerTune
-
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TressFX
1
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TrueAudio
+
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ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
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Enduro
-
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UVD
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon RX 6800 and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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. 

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DirectX
DirectX® 12
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OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 6800 and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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 6800 or AMD Radeon R9 270X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 270X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 270X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon R9 270X
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 6800

55.5% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (7 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (16 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (512.0 GB/s vs 179.2 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 270X

Cheaper ($327 (1.6x MSRP) vs $1594 (2.8x MSRP))

So, AMD Radeon RX 6800 or AMD Radeon R9 270X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 6800 .

AMD Radeon RX 6800 versus AMD Radeon R9 270X 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 182 Hitesti Score
4.7 Out of 109 Hitesti Score