AMD Radeon R9 270X vs AMD Radeon HD 6930
            AMD Radeon R9 270X
            
                $199
            
        
    
            AMD Radeon HD 6930
            
                $180
            
        
    | 1280 Shaders 2GB GDDR5 1050MHz | 1280 Shaders 2GB GDDR5 750MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance 2.69 TFLOPS FP32 | Peak AI Performance 1.92 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| FP32 2.69 TFLOPS | FP32 1.92 TFLOPS | 
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| Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | 
| TDP 180W | TDP 186W | 
| Power Connectors 2x 6-Pin - - - | Power Connectors 2x 6-Pin - - - | 
| GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | 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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                                            2.69 TFLOPS
                                         
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                                            1.92 TFLOPS
                                         
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                                            170 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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| Pixel
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                                            33.6 GPixel/s
                                         | Pixel
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                                            24 GPixel/s
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| Texture
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                                            84 GTexel/s
                                         | Texture
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                                            60 GTexel/s
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| ManufacturerAMD | ManufacturerAMD | 
| Chip DesignerAMD | Chip DesignerAMD | 
| ArchitectureGCN 1 | ArchitectureTeraScale 3 | 
| FamilyRadeon R 200 | FamilyRadeon HD 6000 | 
| Codename Pitcairn - Variant Curacao XT | Codename Cayman RV970 Variant Cayman CE | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 8/8/2013 | Release Date 12/1/2011 | 
| Foundry TSMC - | Foundry TSMC - | 
| Fabrication Node 28nm - | Fabrication Node 40nm - | 
| Die Size 212 mm² - | Die Size 389 mm² - | 
| Transistor Count 2.8 Billion - | Transistor Count 2.6 Billion - | 
| Transistor Density 13.21M/mm² - | Transistor Density 6.79M/mm² - | 
| Form PCIe Card | Form PCIe Card | 
| Shading Units 1280 Shaders - | Shading Units 1280 Shaders - | 
| Texture Mapping Units 80 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 80 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 32 ROPs | Render Output Units 32 ROPs | 
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| Compute Units 20 CUs | Compute Units 20 CUs | 
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| - - 1000MHz Base 1050MHz | - - - 750MHz | 
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| L1 - - 16KB/CU - | L1 - - 8KB/CU - | 
| L2 512KB Shared | L2 512KB Shared | 
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| 2GB GDDR5 - | 2GB GDDR5 - | 
| Bus Width 256Bit | Bus Width 256Bit | 
| Clock 1400MHz Transfer Rate 5.6GT/s Bandwidth 179.2GB/s | Clock 1200MHz Transfer Rate 4.8GT/s Bandwidth 153.6GB/s | 
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| TDP 180W | TDP 186W | 
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| - - - - - - - - 1x DVI-I Dual-Link - 1x DVI-D Dual-Link - - - - - - - - - - - 1x DisplayPort 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 1.4 - - - - | - - - - - - - - 2x DVI-I Dual-Link - - - - - 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 1.3 - - - - - | 
| Max Resolution 4096x2160 | Max Resolution 2560x1600 | 
| Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | 
| Variable Refresh Rate - - - | Variable Refresh Rate - - - | 
| Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | 
| Multi Monitor Support 3 | Multi Monitor Support 3 | 
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| Model VCE 1.0 | No Encoders - | 
| Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| Model UVD 3.2 | Model UVD 3.1 | 
| 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 11 Direct 3D 11_0 | 
| OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 2.1 Vulkan 1.2 | OpenGL 4.5 OpenCL 1.2 - - | 
| Shader Model 6.5 - - GFX 6 - - - - | Shader Model 5.0 - - GFX 5 - - - - | 
| - - - 1x Fan | - - - 1x Fan | 
| Power Connectors - - 2x 6-Pin - - - - | Power Connectors - - 2x 6-Pin - - - - | 
| Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 3.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 2.1 PCIe Lanes 16 | 
| Multi GPU Support Supported Type 2-way CrossFireX | Multi GPU Support Supported Type 4-way CrossFireX | 
| - - - - - - | Height 115 mm (4.53 in) Width 220 mm (8.66 in) Depth 42 mm (1.65 in) | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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