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R9 270

▲ 682,350 ▼

Release date: Q4 2013.

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Average Bench: 31.9% (82nd of 595)

Based on 20,154 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6811 Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 270, AMD Radeon R9 270, AMD Radeon (TM) R9 200, AMD Radeon(TM) R9 270
Poor: 24%Average: 31.9% Great: 35%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 270 averaged 68.0% 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) 94.2fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 83.4fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 270 is just 10.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 270 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 77.6fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 57fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 20,154 samples)
Rank 8231.9%
Min Avg Max
0.3 Lighting 94.2 108
69 Reflection 77.6 83.4
104 Parallax 129 146
33% 100 fps
Min Avg Max
53.8 MRender 57 60.5
77.2 Gravity 83.4 91.2
76.8 Splatting 81.4 86.7
31.1% 73.9 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Gigabyte(1458 226C)
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.200.0.0
33.6% Below average
Lighting 98.8
Reflection 81.5
Parallax 132
34% 104 fps
MRender 59
Gravity 91.8
Splatting 83.2
33% 78 fps
XFX(1682 9270) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.10.1
32.2% Below average
Lighting 100
Reflection 77.7
Parallax 129
34% 102 fps
MRender 57
Gravity 81.5
Splatting 80.9
31% 73.1 fps
AMD(1002 0B04) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1
32% Below average
Lighting 99.4
Reflection 77.2
Parallax 128
34% 102 fps
MRender 55.3
Gravity 82.2
Splatting 80.5
31% 72.7 fps
AMD(1002 0B04) 2GB
CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1
31.7% Below average
Lighting 98.1
Reflection 76.2
Parallax 125
33% 99.9 fps
MRender 55.7
Gravity 81.4
Splatting 80
30% 72.4 fps
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 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 5 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 117 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 41 fps Overwatch: 67 fps League of Legends: 120 fps World of Tanks: 57 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 11,418,496 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 20,154 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $155 @ launch in Nov '13)
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Asus(1043 048D) 22% 33% ± 4%
ASUS R9 270 2GB Direct CU II OC
R9270-DC2OC-2GD5
Sapphire(174B E271) 19% 32% ± 3%
Sapphire R9 270 2GB Dual-X Boost OC
11220-00-20G
AmazonUS $20010 months
MSI(1462 3050) 15% 32% ± 5%
Gigabyte(1458 226C) 12% 32% ± 4%
Gigabyte R9 270 2GB OC
GV-R927OC-2GD
AmazonUS $2902 months
AMD(1002 0B04) 9% 31% ± 2%
XFX(1682 9270) 7% 32% ± 2%
PowerColor(148C 2337) 6% 32% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2337) 4% 31% ± 4%
Sapphire(174B E270) 1% 36% ± 1%
Device(1B0A 90D2) 1% 29% ± 4%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 1% 32% ± 0%
Asus(1043 0493) 1% 30% ± 5%
Asus(1043 86A4) 1% 29% ± 6%
MSI(1462 3051) 0% 32% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 200B) 0% 14% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8651) 0% 31% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 2015) 0% 28% ± 0%
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Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 51%
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System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $308Bench 75%, 71,024 samples2,686x
Core i7-4770Intel  $305Bench 73%, 49,014 samples1,885x
Core i5-4460Intel  $189Bench 65%, 84,942 samples264x
GPU
R9 270AMD  $200Bench 32%, 20,154 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $120Bench 112%, 236,872 samples199x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $78Bench 104%, 285,868 samples167x
PM851 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 65%, 1,616 samples94x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 58%, 1,371 samples456x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 57%, 566 samples245x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 61%, 766 samples221x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $628

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

19 days ago.

Got it for a great price a few months after launch ($130 with free shipping) and it's been fantastic this entire time. I finally have CPU (Intel 8700) that can really push it and it's been fantastic at 1080p gaming.

GBR-User
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2,754

Poor

27 days ago.

Good performance, let down by terrible drivers + software

CAN-User
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2,380

Poor

4 months ago.

I has and still is serving me well :)

gvrax
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Terrible

12 months ago.

low perfomance for that price

LyGhT
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Very good

20 months ago.

This Card is very good for gaming, with a little tweak you can even get it faster than the R9 270x as shown in my Userbenchmark http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/2772284

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