AMD Radeon R7 M270 videocard review

AMD Radeon R7 M270

Radeon R7 M270 videocard released by AMD; release date: 9 January 2014. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Opal.

Core clock speed - 725 MHz. Texture fill rate - 19.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 633.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,040 million.

Memory type: Not Listed. Memory bandwidth - 28.8 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
767
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
153
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
6810
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
14.826 mPixels/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1747 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
527 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
2081 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1747.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
527.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
2081.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 767
PassMark - G2D Mark 153
Geekbench - OpenCL 6810
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 14.826 mPixels/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1747 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 527 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2081 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1747.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 527.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2081.000 Fps

Games performance

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x76851.10
Medium, 1366x76843.50
High, 1920x108011.80
Ultra, 1920x10808.10

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x76837.75
Medium, 1366x76830.80
High, 1920x108017.65
Ultra, 1920x108012.20

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x76838.40
Medium, 1366x76827.80
High, 1920x108013.10
Ultra, 1920x108010.30

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x76845.20
Medium, 1366x76831.00
High, 1920x108017.00
Ultra, 1920x108013.90

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x72035.05
Medium, 1344x75622.25
High, 1920x108013.10
Ultra, 1920x108010.00

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76828.10
Medium, 1366x76819.00
High, 1366x76816.20
Ultra, 1920x10808.50

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x76859.60
Medium, 1366x76831.50
High, 1366x76813.40
Ultra, 1920x10805.10

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x76863.40
Medium, 1366x76847.20
High, 1366x76838.30
Ultra, 1920x10807.30

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Low, 1024x768208.00
Medium, 1366x76872.00
High, 1366x76841.60
Ultra, 1920x108015.60

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x76878.05
Medium, 1366x76841.20
High, 1366x76828.70
Ultra, 1920x108013.85

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76840.10
Medium, 1366x76832.95
High, 1366x76817.05
Ultra, 1920x10807.55

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x76894.50
Medium, 1366x76862.10
High, 1366x76851.00
Ultra, 1920x108031.40

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72067.10
Medium, 1366x76843.30
High, 1366x76831.60
Ultra, 1920x108019.10

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Opal
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 9 January 2014
Place in performance rating 1384
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 19.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 11
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s
Memory type Not Listed
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore