Radeon Pro Duo vs Radeon R9 270

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

Main Specs

  Radeon Pro Duo Radeon R9 270
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 3x 8-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Pro Duo has 133% more power consumption, than Radeon R9 270.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon Pro Duo has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 270.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon Pro Duo is build with GCN 3.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 270 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Radeon Pro Duo and Radeon R9 270 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon Pro Duo is 67 mm longer, than Radeon R9 270.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 21−24
ultra / 1080p 30−35 12−14
QHD / 1440p 27−30 7−8
4K / 2160p 14−16 5−6
low / 720p 75−80 40−45
medium / 1080p 60−65 27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro Duo in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 131% more, than Radeon R9 270.

Full Specs

  Radeon Pro Duo Radeon R9 270
Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Capsaicin Curacao
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 26 April 2016 13 November 2013
Pipelines 4096 1280
Boost Clock 1000 MHz 925 MHz
Transistor count 8,900 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 256.0 74.00
Floating-point performance 2x 8,192 gflops 2,368 gflops
Length 277 mm 210 mm
Memory bus width 4096 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s 179.2 GB/s
Shader Model 6.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
Vulkan + +
FreeSync + +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI + +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 809 Mh/s 293 Mh/s
Eyefinity + +
HD3D + +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio + +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference reference
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support + +
CrossFire + +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
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Compute units 128
AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR + +
TressFX + +
UVD + +
Enduro +
FRTC +
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