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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

AMD Radeon R9 270X

AMD Radeon R9 270X

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

716%
716%

AMD Radeon R9 270X

14%
14%
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is approximately 702% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 21
Curacao
CoresDifferent
4608
1280
TMUsDifferent
288
80
ROPsDifferent
128
32
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus Width
256 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 21
Curacao
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 21 XT(215-121000177)
Curacao XT(215-0848004)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 2.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
7 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
26,800 million
2,800 million
DensityDifferent
51.5M / mm²
13.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
520 mm²
212 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2425
FCBGA-1737

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Release DateDifferent
Oct 28th, 2020
Oct 8th, 2013
AvailabilityDifferent
Nov 18th, 2020
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi II(RX 6000)
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Navi III
Pirate Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
649 USD
199 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
57 in our database
90 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Base ClockDifferent
1825 MHz
1000 MHz
Game ClockDifferent
2015 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2250 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
2000 MHz16 Gbps effective
1400 MHz5.6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
512.0 GB/s
179.2 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Shading UnitsDifferent
4608
1280
TMUsDifferent
288
80
ROPsDifferent
128
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
72
20
RT CoresDifferent
72
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB per Array
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
4 MB
512 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
128 MB
N/A

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Pixel RateDifferent
288.0 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
648.0 GTexel/s
84.00 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
20.74 TFLOPS
2.688 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,296.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
168.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
267 mm10.5 inches
241 mm9.5 inches
HeightDifferent
120 mm4.7 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
50 mm2 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
300 W
180 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
700 W
450 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.12x DisplayPort 1.4a1x USB Type-C
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
2x 6-pin
Part NumberDifferent
102-D41205
N/A
Board NumberDifferent
109-D412A7-00_03
C631, 109-C63257-00A_02, 109-C63257-12_02

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 6800 XTAMD Radeon R9 270X
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
2.1
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Performance112%

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GeForce GTX 670 Performance116%

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Radeon HD 5970 Performance105%

Radeon HD 5970 is 5% faster than AMD Radeon R9 270X

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GeForce GTX 1630 Performance105%

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GeForce GTX 1050 Performance103%

GeForce GTX 1050 is 3% faster than AMD Radeon R9 270X

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GeForce GTX 760 Performance102%

GeForce GTX 760 is 2% faster than AMD Radeon R9 270X

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