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R9 270X

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Release date: Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 26.9% (180th of 715)

Based on 77,943 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6810 Models: AMD Radeon R9 200, ASUS R9 270X
Poor: 25%Average: 26.9% Great: 29%

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Very poor average bench

The AMD R9 270X averaged 73.1% 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) 34.9fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 25.3fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 270X is just 4.03%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 270X performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 36.7fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 44.4fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 77,943 samples)
Rank 18026.9%
Min Avg Max
32 Lighting 34.9 37.6
32.8 Reflection 36.7 39.9
40.5 Parallax 44.4 50.6
28.5% 38.7 fps
Min Avg Max
29.1 MRender 30.9 33.4
30.5 Gravity 32.5 35.4
23.8 Splatting 25.3 27.5
23.8% 29.6 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 0464)
CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
28.6% Poor
Lighting 37
Reflection 39.6
Parallax 47.6
30% 41.4 fps
MRender 33
Gravity 35.3
Splatting 27.3
26% 31.9 fps
Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1
27.8% Poor
Lighting 35.5
Reflection 39.6
Parallax 47.2
29% 40.8 fps
MRender 33.1
Gravity 34.8
Splatting 27.2
26% 31.7 fps
Gigabyte(1458 2272)
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1
27.2% Poor
Lighting 34.8
Reflection 38.4
Parallax 46.1
28% 39.8 fps
MRender 32.2
Gravity 34.3
Splatting 26.5
25% 31 fps
XFX(1682 9275) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
26.1% Poor
Lighting 33.9
Reflection 35.7
Parallax 43.2
28% 37.6 fps
MRender 30.4
Gravity 31.7
Splatting 24.7
23% 28.9 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $199 @ launch in Oct '13)
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Sapphire(174B E271) 32% 27% ± 1%
Sapphire R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Boost OC
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Sapphire R9 270X 4GB Dual-X Boost OC
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Asus(1043 0464) 13% 27% ± 1%
Asus R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II
R9270X-DC2T-2GD5
Gigabyte(1458 2272) 11% 27% ± 1%
Gigabyte R9 270X 2GB WINDFORCE
GV-R927XOC-2GD
Gigabyte R9 270X 4GB WINDFORCE
GV-R927XOC-4GD
MSI(1462 3030) 9% 27% ± 1%
XFX(1682 9275) 6% 27% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E270) 5% 27% ± 1%
PowerColor(148C 2336) 4% 27% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E272) 4% 28% ± 2%
Asus(1043 0460) 3% 26% ± 1%
Asus(1043 04A1) 3% 27% ± 4%
Gigabyte(1458 227D) 2% 27% ± 1%
MSI(1462 3036) 2% 27% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 201C) 2% 27% ± 1%
PowerColor(148C 2340) 1% 28% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 2336) 1% 27% ± 1%
AMD(1002 0B04) 1% 26% ± 1%
Device(1545 9270) 0% 27% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3033) 0% 29% ± 1%
MSI(1462 3034) 0% 26% ± 1%
Diamond(1092 2336) 0% 27% ± 1%
Asus(1043 04A3) 0% 26% ± 1%
MSI(1462 303A) 0% 28% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 226D) 0% 28% ± 0%
AMD(1002 0000) 0% 25% ± 0%
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Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 69%
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Workstation
Workstation 18%
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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $127Bench 61%, 313,196 samples882x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples651x
FX-8320AMD  $153Bench 59%, 106,454 samples444x
GPU
R9 270XAMD  $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples1x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples86x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples85x
A400 480GBKingston  $34Bench 74%, 237,487 samples79x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples85x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples50x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 45% - Average Total price: $495

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 Comments

GPUPro
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1,637

Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 10 years ago.
USA-User
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9,918

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

i own it and it's ok but not that good in 2022

IDN-User
Avatar level
4,673

Poor

17 months ago.

Still going strong medium to high on current intensive games. "2019"

AUS-User
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3,998

Good

2 years ago.

be it on lower settings 270x still holds its own in 2019-20

BGR-User
Avatar level
2,916

Terrible

18 months ago.

The beat gpu for the money.I buyed one of this for only 50 bucks.I love it.

BEL-User
Avatar level
2,556

Poor

2 years ago.

cheap price but great performance

SVK-User
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2,472

Excellent

6 years 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

HRV-User
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2,338

Good

22 months ago.

Still kicks it in good optimized games

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
314

Poor

5 years ago.

Crazy bad value

YT_DomDaBomb20
Avatar level
20

Excellent

4 years ago.

Great card for esports, 4gb variant is even better, can get over 60fps on average, pull the trigger if you find a used one for under 70 usd

Castellanos
Avatar level
6

Excellent

6 years ago.

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

Hell_Angel
Avatar level
6

Excellent

2 years ago.

Love mine its great first gpu

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