AMD Radeon R9 270 vs AMD Radeon R7 260X
            AMD Radeon R9 270
            
                $179
            
        
    
            AMD Radeon R7 260X
            
                $139
            
        
    | 1280 Shaders 2GB GDDR5 925MHz | 896 Shaders 1GB GDDR5 1100MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance 2.37 TFLOPS FP32 | Peak AI Performance 1.97 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| FP32 2.37 TFLOPS | FP32 1.97 TFLOPS | 
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| Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | 
| TDP 150W | TDP 115W | 
| Power Connectors 1x 6-Pin - - - | Power Connectors 1x 6-Pin - - - | 
| GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | |
| GB6 Metal N/A 0% | GB6 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Metal N/A 0% | GB5 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | 
| OCT Metal N/A 0% | OCT Metal N/A 0% | 
| Peak AI
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                                            2.37 TFLOPS
                                         
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                                            1.97 TFLOPS
                                         
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                                            150 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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| Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                            29.6 GPixel/s
                                         | Pixel
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                                            17.6 GPixel/s
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| Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                            74 GTexel/s
                                         | Texture
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                                            61.6 GTexel/s
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| ManufacturerAMD | ManufacturerAMD | 
| Chip DesignerAMD | Chip DesignerAMD | 
| ArchitectureGCN 1 | ArchitectureGCN 2 | 
| FamilyRadeon R 200 | FamilyRadeon R 200 | 
| Codename Pitcairn - Variant Curacao Pro | Codename Bonaire - Variant Bonaire XTX | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 11/13/2013 | Release Date 8/8/2013 | 
| Foundry TSMC - | Foundry TSMC - | 
| Fabrication Node 28nm - | Fabrication Node 28nm - | 
| Die Size 212 mm² - | Die Size 160 mm² - | 
| Transistor Count 2.8 Billion - | Transistor Count 2.1 Billion - | 
| Transistor Density 13.21M/mm² - | Transistor Density 13.00M/mm² - | 
| Form PCIe Card | Form PCIe Card | 
| Shading Units 1280 Shaders - | Shading Units 896 Shaders - | 
| Texture Mapping Units 80 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 56 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 32 ROPs | Render Output Units 16 ROPs | 
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| Compute Units 20 CUs | Compute Units 14 CUs | 
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| - - 900MHz Base 925MHz | - - - 1100MHz | 
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| L1 - - 16KB/CU - | L1 - - 16KB/CU - | 
| L2 512KB Shared | L2 256KB Shared | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| 2GB GDDR5 - | 1GB GDDR5 - | 
| Bus Width 256Bit | Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 1400MHz Transfer Rate 5.6GT/s Bandwidth 179.2GB/s | Clock 1625MHz Transfer Rate 6.5GT/s Bandwidth 104GB/s | 
| - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - | 
| TDP 150W | TDP 115W | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - - - - - - - 1x DVI-I Dual-Link - 1x DVI-D Dual-Link - - - - - - - - - - - 1x DisplayPort 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 1.4 - - - - | 1x VGA - - - - - - - 1x DVI-I Dual-Link - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 1.4 - - - - | 
| Max Resolution 4096x2160 | Max Resolution 4096x2160 | 
| Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | 
| Variable Refresh Rate - - - | Variable Refresh Rate - FreeSync - | 
| Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | 
| Multi Monitor Support 3 | Multi Monitor Support 3 | 
| - - | Content Protection HDCP 1.4 | 
| Model VCE 1.0 | Model VCE 2.0 | 
| Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) - - - - - | Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) - - - - - | 
| Model UVD 3.2 | Model UVD 4.2 | 
| Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 - VC-1 - - - AVC (H.264) - - - - - | Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 - VC-1 - - - AVC (H.264) - - - - - | 
| Direct X 12 Direct 3D 11_1 | Direct X 12 Direct 3D 12_0 | 
| OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 2.1 Vulkan 1.2 | OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 2.1 Vulkan 1.2 | 
| Shader Model 6.5 - - GFX 6 - - - - | Shader Model 6.5 - - GFX 7 - - - - | 
| - - - 1x Fan | - - - 1x Fan | 
| Power Connectors - - 1x 6-Pin - - - - | Power Connectors - - 1x 6-Pin - - - - | 
| Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 3.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 3.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | 
| Multi GPU Support Supported Type 2-way CrossFireX | Multi GPU Support Supported Type 2-way CrossFireX | 
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