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General information Radeon R9 270X Radeon HD 7870 XT
Launched Q4 2013 Q2 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 2048 MB 50 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 925 MHz 7.5 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 0 % 6000 MHz 0 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 W 2.7 % 185 W 0 %
Length 308 mm 0 % 275 mm 10.7 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
SLI 2-way 0 % 2-way 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 270X Radeon HD 7870 XT
Overall Score 35543 0 % 33972 4.4 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 26 % 13.3 %
Benchmark Score 12633 0 % 11541 8.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 614.7 7.7 % 665.6 0 %
Average DirectX performance 39.5 FPS 0 % 33.8 FPS 14.5 %
DirectX 9 performance 83.8 FPS 0 % 50 FPS 40.3 %
DirectX 10 performance 20.2 FPS 26.2 % 27.3 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 30.2 FPS 27.5 % 41.7 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 23.9 FPS 0 % 16.1 FPS 32.4 %
Graphic card computing 2185.4 operations/s 20.2 % 2737 operations/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 270X, Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 270X Radeon HD 7870 XT
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 75.7 FPS 71.5 FPS
High settings 136.2 FPS 128.7 FPS
Medium settings 163.4 FPS 154.4 FPS
Low settings 228.8 FPS 216.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.5 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon R9 270X, Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 270X Radeon HD 7870 XT
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.9 FPS 56.2 FPS
High settings 106.1 FPS 101.1 FPS
Medium settings 127.3 FPS 121.3 FPS
Low settings 178.2 FPS 169.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.7 %
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