Radeon R9 270 and Radeon 530X - video card comparison
Radeon R9 270
Radeon 530X
Architecture
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name
Curacao
Meso
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
November 2013
April 2017
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
1021 MHz
Core clock speed
-
730 MHz
Floating-point performance
2,368 gflops
784.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2,800 million
1,040 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
384
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
74.00
24.50
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
-
4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
32 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity
1
-
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
+
-
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12.0
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.0
Vulkan
+
-
AppAcceleration
-
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-