Graphics card overview

Radeon R9 270

AMD

Radeon R9 270

2048 Mb GDDR5 Released 13 Nov 2013 DESKTOP

Core configuration

GPU	Curacao
Architecture	AMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs	1280 : 80 : 32
Raytracing Cores	none
Performance	2304.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size	2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width	256 bit
Memory Speed	1400 MHz 5600 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth	179.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R9 270 is a graphics card released by AMD on 13 Nov 2013. The graphics card houses the Curacao die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 2,800 million transistors on a 28 nm, 212 mm² die.

Radeon R9 270 pros and cons

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards

	Radeon R9 270	GeForce GTX 950 Compare	GeForce GTX 960 Compare	GeForce GTX 750 Ti Compare	Radeon R7 265 Compare
Shader units	1280	768	1024	640	1024
ROPs	32	32	32	16	32
Graphics processor	Curacao	GM206	GM206	GM107	Pitcairn
Process size	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm
Memory	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz 5600 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1653 MHz 6612 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1753 MHz 7012 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1350 MHz 5400 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz 5600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit	128 bit	128 bit	256 bit
Memory bandwidth	179.00 Gb/s	105.80 Gb/s	112.20 Gb/s	86.40 Gb/s	179.20 Gb/s
Release date	13 Nov 2013	20 Aug 2015	22 Jan 2015	18 Feb 2014	13 Feb 2014