Radeon R9 270 and GeForce GTX 460 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 270 vs GeForce GTX 460
Radeon R9 270
4435
GeForce GTX 460
2330
Radeon R9 270
GeForce GTX 460
Architecture
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
Curacao
GF104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2013
July 2010
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
6-pin & 6-pin
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
675 MHz
Floating-point performance
2,368 gflops
907.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
2,800 million
1,950 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
336
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
160 Watt
Texture fill rate
74.00
37.80
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
-
3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
86.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Multi monitor support
-
+
Eyefinity
1
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
DisplayPort support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12 (11_0)
CUDA
-
+
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.1
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A
AppAcceleration
-
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-