GeForce GTX 465 vs Radeon R9 270

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 465 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 GTX 465 stacks up against Radeon R9 270, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 465 Radeon R9 270
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pins 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 465 has 33% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 270.
  • GeForce GTX 465 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 270 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 270 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 465.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 465 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 270 - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce GTX 465 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 270 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 270 is 201 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 465.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 21−24
ultra / 1080p 8−9 12−14
QHD / 1440p 3−4 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 30−33 40−45
medium / 1080p 18−20 27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 270 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 46% more, than GeForce GTX 465.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 465 Radeon R9 270
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF100 Curacao
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 31 May 2010 13 November 2013
Pipelines 352 1280
Core clock speed 1215 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 26.7 billion/sec 74.00
Floating-point performance 855.4 gflops 2,368 gflops
Length 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm) 210 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1603 MHz (3206 data rate)
Memory bandwidth 102.6 GB/s 179.2 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 352
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI + +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
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Compute performance 30x
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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