Product Compare
AMD Radeon R9 295X2 vs AMD Radeon R9 270
| GPU | GPU | |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics Card | ||
| Release Date | Apr 2014 | Nov 2013 |
| Generation | Volcanic Islands | Volcanic Islands |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Clock Speeds | ||
| Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Base Clock | 900 MHz | |
| Boost Clock | 925 MHz | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Size | 4GB | 2GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 512bit | 256bit |
| Bandwidth | 320.0GB/s | 179.2GB/s |
| Render Config | ||
| Compute Units | 44 | 20 |
| Shading Units | 2816 | 1280 |
| TMUs | 176 | 80 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB (per CU) | 16 KB (per CU) |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 512 KB |
| Theoretical Performance | ||
| Pixel Rate | 65.15 GPixel/s | 29.60 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 179.2 GTexel/s | 74.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) | 5.733 TFLOPS | 2.368 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) | 716.7 GFLOPS | 148.0 GFLOPS |
| Graphics Processor | ||
| GPU Name | Vesuvius | Curacao |
| GPU Variant | Vesuvius XT(215-0852022) | Curacao PRO(215-0848000) |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process Size | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 6.2 billion | 2.8 billion |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Board Design | ||
| TDP | 500W | 150W |
| Suggested PSU | 900 W | 450 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 | 2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Graphics Features | ||
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 5.1 |