NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 vs AMD Radeon R9 270

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 $1,000
AMD Radeon R9 270 $179
2x 1536 Shaders
4GB (2x 2GB) GDDR5
1058MHz
1280 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
925MHz
Peak AI Performance
6.5 TOPS
INT32
Peak AI Performance
2.37 TFLOPS
FP32
FP32
6.5 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
300W
TDP
150W
Power Connectors
-
2x 8-Pin
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Peak AI Performance

  • 2.74x faster vs Radeon R9 270
  • 64% slower vs GeForce GTX 690
GeForce GTX 690 - 6.5 TOPS INT32
x2.74
Radeon R9 270 - 2.37 TFLOPS FP32
x1

FP32

  • 2.74x faster vs Radeon R9 270
  • 64% slower vs GeForce GTX 690
GeForce GTX 690 - 6.5 TFLOPS FP32
x2.74
Radeon R9 270 - 2.37 TFLOPS FP32
x1
  • 7% faster vs Radeon R9 270
  • 7% slower vs GeForce GTX 690
GeForce GTX 690 - 192.3GB/s
x1.07
Radeon R9 270 - 179.2GB/s
x1
  • 100% higher vs Radeon R9 270
  • 50% lower vs GeForce GTX 690
GeForce GTX 690 - 300W
x2
Radeon R9 270 - 150W
x1
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
GeForce 600
Family
Radeon R 200
Codename
NVE4
GK104
Variant
GK104-355-A2
Codename
Pitcairn
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Variant
Curacao Pro
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
4/29/2012
Release Date
11/13/2013
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
28nm
Fabrication Node
28nm
Die Size
2x 294 mm²
Die Size
212 mm²
Transistor Count
2x 3.5 Billion
Transistor Count
2.8 Billion
Transistor Density
12.04M/mm²
Transistor Density
13.21M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2x 1536 Shaders
Shading Units
1280 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
2x 128 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
2x 32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Streaming Multiprocessors
2x 8 SMs
-
-
-
-
Compute Units
20 CUs
915MHz Base
1058MHz
900MHz Base
925MHz
Peak AI Performance
6.5 TOPS
INT32
Peak AI Performance
2.37 TFLOPS
FP32
FP32
6.5 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
FP64
270 GFLOPS
FP64
150 GFLOPS
INT32
6.5 TOPS
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-
Pixel Fillrate
33.856 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
135.424 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
74 GTexel/s
L1
48KB/SM Tex
16KB/SM
-
L1
-
-
16KB/CU
L2
512KB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
4GB (2x 2GB)
GDDR5
2GB
GDDR5
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1502MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
192.3GB/s
Clock
1400MHz
Transfer Rate
5.6GT/s
Bandwidth
179.2GB/s
TDP
300W
TDP
150W
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x DVI-D Dual-Link
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
-
-
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x DVI-D Dual-Link
-
1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 1.4
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
Variable Refresh Rate
-
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Model
NVENC 1
Model
VCE 1.0
Codec
AVC (H.264)
Codec
AVC (H.264)
Model
NVDEC 1
Model
UVD 3.2
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_0
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
CUDA
3.0
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP5
VDPAU
Feature Set D
Shader Model
6.5
-
-
GFX
6
-
-
-
-
1x Fan
1x Fan
Power Connectors
-
2x 8-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 SLI
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way CrossFireX
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
279 mm (10.98 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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