Radeon R9 270X and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q - video card comparison
Radeon R9 270X
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
Curacao XT
GP107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2013
February 2019
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2 x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
1442 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1366 MHz
Floating-point performance
2,688 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
2,800 million
3,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
768
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
84.00
69.22
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
-
7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
84.1 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
No outputs
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
+
-
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12 (12_1)
CUDA
-
6.1
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
+
1.2.131
AppAcceleration
+
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-