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In short — Radeon RX 6800 outperforms Radeon R9 270 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 is 2541 days newer than Radeon R9 270.
Advantages of Radeon R9 270
- Consumes up to 40% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 - 150 vs 250 Watts
Advantages of Radeon RX 6800
- Performs up to 219% better in Alan Wake 2 than Radeon R9 270 - 83 vs 26 FPS
- Up to 700% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 270 - 16 vs 2 GB
Alan Wake 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon RX 6800
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
FPS
83
100%
Value, $/FPS
$10.84/FPS
100%
Price, $
$899.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2105 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 Gaming X Trio 16G)
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Radeon R9 270
Desktop • Nov 13th, 2013
Radeon RX 6800
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6800
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
202.1 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
505.2 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon R9 270 | vs | Radeon RX 6800 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 13th, 2013 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | Navi II |
$179 | MSRP | $579 |
| 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 179.2 GB/s | Bandwidth | 512 GB/s |
| 900 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1700 MHz |
| 925 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2105 MHz |
| 1400 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
PCs Using Radeon R9 270 or Radeon RX 6800
With selected game settings
68 FPS
$20.59/FPS
Radeon RX 6800
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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