AMD Radeon Pro 460 vs AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 460 and AMD Radeon R7 M270DX 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 Pro 460

AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 460

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3453 vs 962
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 679 vs 233

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 October 2016 vs 11 June 2014
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3453 vs 962
PassMark - G2D Mark	679 vs 233

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 940 MHz vs 907 MHz

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 850 MHz
Boost clock speed	940 MHz vs 907 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 460
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3453

962

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

679

233

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 460	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
PassMark - G3D Mark	3453	962
PassMark - G2D Mark	679	233
Geekbench - OpenCL	15309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	44.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	594.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	55.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	226.93
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 460	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Baffin	Topaz
Launch date	30 October 2016	11 June 2014
Place in performance rating	635	637
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	907 MHz	940 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,858 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	58.05 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	IGP
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	81.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0