Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R9 270
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 570
1280 Mb GDDR5
Released 7 Dec 2010
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 270
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Nov 2013
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 570100%
- Radeon R9 270133%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 570100%
- Radeon R9 270125%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 570
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 270
- 25% higher gaming performance.
- 69 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 570 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon R9 270
The Radeon R9 270 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 570 | Radeon R9 270 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-275-A1) | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 480 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 15 | 20 |
| Core clock | 732 MHz | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 40 | 32 |
| TMUs | 60 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 570 | Radeon R9 270 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 320 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 950 MHz
3800 MHz effective | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1280 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 570 | Radeon R9 270 |
|---|
| TDP | 219 watts | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Dec 2010 | 13 Nov 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 57022.00 GP/s
- Radeon R9 27028.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 57043.90 GT/s
- Radeon R9 27072.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 570152.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 270179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 5701405.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 2702304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 5705860
- Radeon R9 2707820
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX 57034
- Radeon R9 27049
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 57037
- Radeon R9 27043
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 57031
- Radeon R9 27036
FPS (higher is better)