Radeon R9 270 and GeForce 205 OEM - video card comparison
Radeon R9 270
GeForce 205 OEM
Architecture
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
Curacao
GT218
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2013
November 2009
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
589 MHz
Floating-point performance
2,368 gflops
22.432 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
2,800 million
260 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
16
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
31 Watt
Texture fill rate
74.00
4.712
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
-
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
6.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
Eyefinity
1
-
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
+
-
DirectX
DirectX® 12
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
-
1.2
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
+
N/A
AppAcceleration
-
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-