Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R9 270
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 960
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 22 Jan 2015
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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 960132%
- Radeon R9 270100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 960119%
- Radeon R9 270100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 960
- 19% higher gaming performance.
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 270
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 960 | Radeon R9 270 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,940 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 8 | 20 |
| Core clock | 1127 MHz | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 960 | Radeon R9 270 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 960 | Radeon R9 270 |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Jan 2015 | 13 Nov 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 96036.10 GP/s
- Radeon R9 27028.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 96072.10 GT/s
- Radeon R9 27072.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 960112.20 GB/s
- Radeon R9 270179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 9602308.10 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 2702304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 96010380
- Radeon R9 2707820
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 96047
- Radeon R9 27032
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 96034
- Radeon R9 27037
FPS (higher is better)