AMD Radeon 780M vs AMD Radeon R9 270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 780M and AMD Radeon R9 270 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon 780M

AMD Radeon R9 270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3.1x more boost clock speed: 2900 MHz vs 925 MHz
1881.1x more texture fill rate: 139.2 GTexel/s vs 74 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 28 nm
10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 879 vs 567
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6998 vs 4306

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 13 November 2013
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s vs 74 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	879 vs 567
PassMark - G3D Mark	6998 vs 4306

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74175 vs 27793
3.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1603 vs 480

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 768
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	74175 vs 27793
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1603 vs 480

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 780M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27793

74175

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

879

567

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6998

4306

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

480

1603

Name	AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Radeon R9 270
Geekbench - OpenCL	27793	74175
PassMark - G2D Mark	879	567
PassMark - G3D Mark	6998	4306
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	480	1603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3347

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Radeon R9 270
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Phoenix	Curacao
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	13 November 2013
Place in performance rating	240	501
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz	925 MHz
Compute units	12
Core clock speed	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	1280
Pixel fill rate	92.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s	74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	150 Watt
Floating-point performance		2,368 gflops
Stream Processors		1280
Transistor count		2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		210 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)