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AMD logo Radeon R9 270X
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 590

AMD Radeon R9 270X logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 logo
General information Radeon R9 270X GeForce GTX 590
Launched Q4 2013 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 3072 MB 25 %
Core Clock 1000 MHz 0 % 607 MHz 39.3 %
Effective Clock 6000 MHz 0 % 3456 MHz 42.4 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 4.5
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 W 50.7 % 365 W 0 %
Length 308 mm 0 % 292 mm 5.2 %
Cooling Fans 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 270X GeForce GTX 590
Overall Score 35540 0 % 29380 17.3 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 11 % 63.3 %
Benchmark Score 12631 0 % 8632 31.7 %
2D Benchmark Score 604.9 0 % 390.8 35.4 %
Average DirectX performance 39.3 FPS 0 % 34.2 FPS 13.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 83.4 FPS 0 % 72.9 FPS 12.6 %
DirectX 10 performance 19.9 FPS 0 % 17.9 FPS 9.8 %
DirectX 11 performance 30 FPS 32.9 % 44.8 FPS 0 %
DirectX 12 performance 24 FPS 0 % 1 FPS 95.9 %
Graphic card computing 2190 operations/s 0 % 1143.6 operations/s 47.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 270X, GeForce GTX 590.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 270X GeForce GTX 590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.8 FPS 58.7 FPS
High settings 134.7 FPS 105.7 FPS
Medium settings 161.6 FPS 126.9 FPS
Low settings 226.2 FPS 177.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.5 %

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, GeForce GTX 590.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 270X GeForce GTX 590
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.7 FPS 48.2 FPS
High settings 105.6 FPS 86.7 FPS
Medium settings 126.8 FPS 104.0 FPS
Low settings 177.5 FPS 145.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 18 %
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