Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 8870 OEM vs Radeon R9 270
AMD
Radeon HD 8870 OEM
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Jan 2013
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 270
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Nov 2013
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 8870 OEM
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 270
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 8870 OEM | Radeon R9 270 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Pitcairn (Pitcairn XT) | Curacao (Curacao PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | 1280 |
| Compute Units | 20 | 20 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 80 | 80 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 8870 OEM | Radeon R9 270 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 8870 OEM | Radeon R9 270 |
|---|
| TDP | 175 watts | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Jan 2013 | 13 Nov 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 8870 OEM32.00 GP/s
- Radeon R9 27028.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 8870 OEM80.00 GT/s
- Radeon R9 27072.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 8870 OEM154.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 270179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 8870 OEM2560.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 2702304.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better