AMD Radeon RX 560X vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

What is the difference between AMD Radeon RX 560X and AMD Radeon R9 270X. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

Polaris 21GPU NameCuracao
Polaris 21 XT
(215-0908004)
Model numberCuracao XT
(215-0848004)
GCN 4.0ArchitectureGCN 1.0
GlobalFoundriesFoundryTSMC
14 nmProcess Size28 nm
3,000 millionTransistors2,800 million
123 mm²Die Size212 mm²

Graphics Card

Apr 11th, 2018Release DateOct 8th, 2013
Polaris
(RX 500X)
FamilyVolcanic Islands
(R9 200)
ActiveProductionEnd-of-life
PolarisPredecessorSea Islands
PCIe 3.0 x8Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

4 GBMemory Size2 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
128 bitMemory Bus256 bit
112.0 GB/sBandwidth179.2 GB/s

Performance

20.40 GPixel/sPixel fillrate33.60 GPixel/s
81.60 GTexel/sTexture fillrate84.00 GTexel/s
2.611 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance2.688 TFLOPS
163.2 GFLOPS (1:16)FP64 (double) performance168.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

1175 MHzBase Clock1000 MHz
1275 MHzBoost Clock1050 MHz
1750 MHz
7 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1400 MHz
5.6 Gbps effective

Render Config

1024Shading Units1280
64TMUs80
16ROPs32
16Compute Units20
16 KB (per CU)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
1024 KBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
170 mm
6.7 inches
Length241 mm
9.5 inches
75 WThermal design power (TDP)180 W
250 WSuggested PSU450 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors2x 6-pin
C994Board NumberC631,
C632

API support

12 (12_0)DirectX12 (11_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
2.1OpenCL1.2
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.4Shader Model5.1