FirePro V7900 vs Radeon R9 270

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V7900 and Radeon R9 270. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro V7900 and Radeon R9 270. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon R9 270
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro V7900 has 0% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 270.
  • FirePro V7900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 270 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro V7900 and Radeon R9 270 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon R9 270 - with GCN 1.0.
  • FirePro V7900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 270 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro V7900 is 69 mm longer, than Radeon R9 270.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 21−24
ultra / 1080p 6−7 12−14
QHD / 1440p 1−2 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 24−27 40−45
medium / 1080p 14−16 27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than FirePro V7900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon R9 270
Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN 1.0
Code name Cayman Curacao
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 13 November 2013
Pipelines 1280 1280
Core clock speed 725 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 74.00
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 2,368 gflops
Length 279 mm 210 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 179.2 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s 293 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
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Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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