AMD Radeon 780M vs AMD Radeon R9 270X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 780M and AMD Radeon R9 270X 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 270X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.8x more boost clock speed: 2900 MHz vs 1050 MHz
1657.1x more texture fill rate: 139.2 GTexel/s vs 84 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 28 nm
12x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 879 vs 613
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6998 vs 4869

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s vs 84 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	879 vs 613
PassMark - G3D Mark	6998 vs 4869

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270X

Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
3.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1772 vs 480

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 768
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1772 vs 480

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

879

613

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6998

4869

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

480

1772

Name	AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Radeon R9 270X
Geekbench - OpenCL	27793
PassMark - G2D Mark	879	613
PassMark - G3D Mark	6998	4869
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	480	1772
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		63.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1314.72
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		85.21
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		315.412
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8068
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Radeon R9 270X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Phoenix	Curacao
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	240	440
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$399
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		16.05
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz	1050 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	84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	180 Watt
Floating-point performance		2,688 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	2 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
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
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)