GeForce GTX 670 vs Radeon R9 270X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 670 and Radeon R9 270X, 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 670 stacks up against Radeon R9 270X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 670 Radeon R9 270X
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 180 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 270X has 5% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 670.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 670 and Radeon R9 270X have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 670 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R9 270X - with GCN.
  • GeForce GTX 670 and Radeon R9 270X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 24−27
ultra / 1080p 21−24 14−16
QHD / 1440p 16−18 10−11
4K / 2160p 10−11 6−7
low / 720p 60−65 45−50
medium / 1080p 40−45 30−35
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 670 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 45% more, than Radeon R9 270X.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 670 Radeon R9 270X
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name GK104 Curacao XT
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 10 May 2012 8 October 2013
Pipelines 1344 1280
Core clock speed 980 MHz
Boost Clock 980 MHz 1050 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 102.5 billion/sec 84.00
Floating-point performance 2,459.5 gflops 2,688 gflops
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Memory bus width 256-bit GDDR5 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB/s 179.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 1344
Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI + +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
3D Vision +
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Eyefinity +
HD3D +
TrueAudio +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
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AppAcceleration +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
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