GeForce 830A vs Radeon R9 270

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 830A and Radeon R9 270, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 830A stacks up against Radeon R9 270, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce 830A Radeon R9 270
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 270 has 354% more power consumption, than GeForce 830A.
  • GeForce 830A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 270 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 830A and Radeon R9 270 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 830A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 270 - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce 830A and Radeon R9 270 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 21−24
ultra / 1080p 0−1 12−14
QHD / 1440p 0−1 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 12−14 40−45
medium / 1080p 4−5 27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 416% more, than GeForce 830A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 830A Radeon R9 270
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Curacao
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 22 July 2014 13 November 2013
Pipelines 256 1280
Core clock speed 1082 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz 925 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 18.40 74.00
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops 2,368 gflops
Length 210 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 179.2 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 293 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
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LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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