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R9 270X

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Release date: Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 35.9% (74th of 593)

Based on 42,705 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6810 Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 270X
Poor: 27%Average: 35.9% Great: 39%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 270X averaged 64.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 108fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 94.2fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 270X is just 11.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 270X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 86.8fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 62.4fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 42,705 samples)
Rank 7435.9%
Min Avg Max
69.7 Lighting 108 121
76.1 Reflection 86.8 95.3
123 Parallax 146 163
37.7% 114 fps
Min Avg Max
56.7 MRender 62.4 67.7
86.6 Gravity 94.2 102
81.8 Splatting 88.7 97
34.5% 81.8 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.8.1
37.5% Below average
Lighting 116
Reflection 90.7
Parallax 149
40% 119 fps
MRender 65
Gravity 97.6
Splatting 93.6
36% 85.4 fps
Sapphire(174B E271)
CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4
36.7% Below average
Lighting 114
Reflection 89.2
Parallax 148
39% 117 fps
MRender 63.4
Gravity 95.3
Splatting 89.1
35% 82.6 fps
MSI(1462 3030) 2GB
CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1
35.4% Below average
Lighting 110
Reflection 84.8
Parallax 141
37% 112 fps
MRender 61.2
Gravity 91.4
Splatting 88.5
34% 80.4 fps
42,705 MORE »

 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 10 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 109 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 43 fps Overwatch: 57 fps League of Legends: 118 fps Battlefield 1: 35 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 30 fps DOTA 2: 89 fps World of Warcraft: 39 fps World of Tanks: 61 fps Battlefield 4: 50 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 10,288,704 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 42,705 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $199 @ launch in Oct '13)
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Sapphire(174B E271) 31% 36% ± 3%
Sapphire R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Boost OC
11217-01-20G
Sapphire R9 270X 4GB Dual-X Boost OC
11217-04-20G
Asus(1043 0464) 11% 36% ± 5%
Asus R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II
R9270X-DC2T-2GD5
Gigabyte(1458 2272) 10% 37% ± 1%
Gigabyte R9 270X 2GB WINDFORCE
GV-R927XOC-2GD
Gigabyte R9 270X 4GB WINDFORCE
GV-R927XOC-4GD
XFX(1682 9275) 9% 35% ± 3%
MSI(1462 3030) 8% 35% ± 5%
Sapphire(174B E272) 6% 37% ± 7%
PowerColor(148C 2336) 5% 35% ± 6%
Sapphire(174B E270) 4% 37% ± 3%
Asus(1043 04A1) 3% 37% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 227D) 3% 36% ± 4%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 2% 33% ± 6%
PwrHis(1787 2336) 2% 36% ± 2%
MSI(1462 3033) 1% 39% ± 1%
MSI(1462 3036) 1% 33% ± 7%
Device(1545 9270) 1% 33% ± 4%
MSI(1462 3034) 1% 33% ± 7%
Asus(1043 04A3) 1% 36% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0460) 1% 36% ± 0%
AMD(1002 0000) 1% 36% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 226D) 0% 38% ± 0%
PowerColor(148C 2340) 0% 40% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3037) 0% 36% ± 1%
MSI(1462 3031) 0% 37% ± 0%
AMD(1002 0B04) 0% 34% ± 0%
XFX(1682 7370) 0% 36% ± 0%
MSI(1462 303A) 0% 37% ± 0%
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Gaming 35%
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Desktop 53%
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Workstation 38%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $88

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $87Bench 55%, 127,886 samples4,727x
FX-6300AMD  $60Bench 46%, 97,896 samples4,034x
FX-8320AMD  $90Bench 50%, 51,849 samples2,541x
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R9 270XAMD  $199Bench 36%, 42,705 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $95Bench 104%, 302,340 samples905x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $65Bench 53%, 127,068 samples837x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $120Bench 112%, 225,709 samples364x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 30,954 samples600x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 36,823 samples553x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $35Bench 51%, 16,038 samples435x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $469

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 Comments

GPUPro
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USA-User
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Poor (edit your comment) Add link

7 hrs ago.

Garbage

DEU-User
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2,695

Average

1 month ago.

It is to old for new games but it is doing its work how it should. Old but gold.

GBR-User
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2,612

Excellent

1 month ago.

such an underrated graphics card

CAN-User
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2,284

Average

27 days ago.

because was a good card for what it was at for its time and i till kills some cards that were just made

AUS-User
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1,900

Good

4 months ago.

better than 1050ti but power hungry

SVK-User
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1,352

Excellent

1 month ago.

Comment 

im using this card GIGABYTE AMD RADEON R9 270x 4GB DDR5 with 3 monitors 27inch .. excellent work and games in 5760x1080 resolution :) this resolution some games on ultra details, and other all games on high details ... in 1920x1080 all games run on ULTRA details :) 3 monitors connected via DVI, DVI, HDMI.—Feb '15

BEL-User
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1,288

Terrible

8 months ago.

cheap price but great performance

NZL-User
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1,106

Excellent

12 months ago.

Works for all games on suprisingly high settings

IagoX_009
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30

Excellent

10 days ago.

The R9 270X is a rebranded HD 7870 with higher clocks, delivers the same experience, anyway this GPU is as powerful as the GTX 1050 2GB and it's highly recomended for budget 1080p60 gaming. This card can be Crossfired with another 270X, HD 7850 or HD 7870 and delivers a great perfomance in some games. DirectX 12 and Vulkan are supported. Most games can be run at High settings with MSAA.

Castellanos
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6

Excellent

7 months ago.

Beast card. There are deffinitely better choices as of 2018, but even now, it delivers a good experience on moderate graphic settings.

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