Radeon R9 270
AMD graphics card · Radeon 200 series · launched November 2013
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Radeon R9 270 launched at $179 in 2013. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $254 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 42% rise over 13 years.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2013 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Specifications
| Vendor | AMD |
|---|---|
| Series | Radeon 200 series |
| Launched | November 2013 |
| Launch price | $179 |
| Architecture | GCN 1 |
| Chip | Radeon R9 270 (Pitcairn XT) |
| Memory | 2 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 256-bit |
| Core clock | 900 MHz |
| FP32 compute | 2.37 TFLOPS |
| Rated power | 150 W (TBP) |
| Transistors | 2.8 billion |
| Die size | 212 mm² |
| Process | 28 nm |
| Bus interface | PCIe 3.0 ×16 |
| Tier | 70-class |
The AMD 70-class over time
AMD graphics cards in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radeon HD 5770 | 2009 | $159 | $245 | — |
| Radeon HD 6770 | 2011 | — | — | — |
| Radeon HD 6790 | 2011 | $149 | $219 | — |
| Radeon HD 7750 | 2012 | $110 | $159 | — |
| Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition | 2012 | $160 | $231 | — |
| Radeon HD 7790 | 2013 | $150 | $213 | — |
| Radeon HD 7730 | 2013 | $60 | $85 | — |
| Radeon R9 270X | 2013 | $199 | $283 | — |
| Radeon R9 270 | 2013 | $179 | $254 | — |
| Radeon R7 370 | 2015 | $149 | $208 | — |
| Radeon R9 370X | 2015 | $179 | $250 | — |
| Radeon RX 470 | 2016 | $179 | $247 | — |
| Radeon RX 470D | 2016 | — | — | — |
| Radeon RX 570 | 2017 | $169 | $228 | 279 |
| Radeon RX 5700 | 2019 | $349 | $452 | 935 |
| Radeon RX 5700 XT | 2019 | $399 | $516 | 1,008 |
Compare with
- Radeon HD 7790 · 2013 · $150
- Radeon R7 260X · 2013 · $139
- Radeon R9 270X · 2013 · $199
- Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition · 2012 · $160
- Radeon R7 265 · 2014 · $149
- GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost · 2013 · $169
- GeForce GTX 760 · 2013 · $219 · 156
- GeForce GTX 560 SE · 2012 · $149
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