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Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060

665%
665%

AMD Radeon R9 270X

17%
17%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 is approximately 648% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GB206
Curacao
CoresDifferent
3840
1280
TMUsDifferent
120
80
ROPsDifferent
48
32
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR7
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060AMD Radeon R9 270X
GPU NameDifferent
GB206
Curacao
GPU VariantDifferent
GB206-250-A1
Curacao XT(215-0848004)
ArchitectureDifferent
Blackwell 2.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process TypeDifferent
4N FinFET
N/A
Process SizeDifferent
5 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
21,900 million
2,800 million
DensityDifferent
121.0M / mm²
13.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
181 mm²
212 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
N/A
FCBGA-1737

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Release DateDifferent
May 19th, 2025
Oct 8th, 2013
AnnouncedDifferent
Apr 15th, 2025
N/A
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 50
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 40
Sea Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
299 USD
199 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 5.0 x8
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
16 in our database
90 in our database
SuccessorDifferent
N/A
Pirate Islands

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Base ClockDifferent
2280 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
2497 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1750 MHz28 Gbps effective
1400 MHz5.6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
2 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR7
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
448.0 GB/s
179.2 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Shading UnitsDifferent
3840
1280
TMUsDifferent
120
80
ROPsDifferent
48
32
SM CountDifferent
30
N/A
Tensor CoresDifferent
120
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
30
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
32 MB
512 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
20

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Pixel RateDifferent
119.9 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
299.6 GTexel/s
84.00 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
19.18 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
19.18 TFLOPS
2.688 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
299.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
168.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060AMD Radeon R9 270X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
241 mm9.5 inches
241 mm9.5 inches
HeightDifferent
111 mm4.4 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
40 mm1.6 inches
36 mm1.4 inches
TDPDifferent
145 W
180 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
300 W
450 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1b3x DisplayPort 2.1b
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG152 SKU 25
C631, 109-C63257-00A_02, 109-C63257-12_02

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060AMD Radeon R9 270X
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.4
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
12.0
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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