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AMD · GCN 1 · 2013

Radeon R9 270 (Pitcairn XT)

Memory2 GB50 of 104 in Radeon R9/R7/R5
Power150 W21 of 83 by higher draw in Radeon R9/R7/R5
Shaders1,28017 of 69 in Radeon R9/R7/R5
Launch price$17916 of 33 in Radeon R9/R7/R5

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

212 mm² die · 1,280 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 16 shaders.212 mm² die · 1,280 shadersEach dot = 16 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Specifications

Memory

Capacity
2 GB
Type
GDDR5
Bus width
256 bit
Bandwidth
179.2 GB/s

Compute

Shaders
1,280
TMUs
80
ROPs
32
Pixel fill rate
28.8 GP/s
Texture fill rate
72 GT/s

Board

TDP
150 W
Bus interface
PCIe 3.0 ×16
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
179 USD

Physical

Architecture
GCN 1
Process
28 nm
Transistors
2.8 billion
Die size
212 mm²
Series
Radeon R9/R7/R5
Launch date
November 13, 2013

Not recorded by the source: generation, codename, sm count and base clock, or 5 further fields.

Catalog context

Within its series, the Radeon R9 270 (Pitcairn XT) ranks 50th of 104 for memory capacity. Its 150 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

Source: Wikipedia, revision 1364362273 · catalog loaded 2026-08-16