Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and Radeon R9 270X - video card comparison
Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Radeon R9 270X
Architecture
Vega (2017−2021)
GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name
Vega
Curacao XT
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2020
October 2013
Bus support
-
PCIe 3.0
Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
2 x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
2100 MHz
1050 MHz
Floating-point performance
-
2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
-
2,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
180 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
84.00
Memory type
-
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
-
4 GB
Memory bus width
-
256 Bit
Memory bandwidth
-
179.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
-
+
HDMI
-
+
DisplayPort support
-
+
DirectX
12_1
DirectX® 12
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
-
1.2
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
5.1
Vulkan
-
+
AppAcceleration
-
+
CrossFire
-
1
DDMA audio
-
+
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
-
1
HD3D
-
+
LiquidVR
-
1
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
-
1
TrueAudio
-
+
UVD
-
+
ZeroCore
-
-