AMD Radeon R7 M270 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M270 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M270

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 6.6x more texture fill rate: 19.8 GTexel / s vs 3.0 billion / sec
  • 8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
  • 6.6x better floating-point performance: 633.6 gflops vs 96 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 767 vs 286
  • 9.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6810 vs 751
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1747 vs 442
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2081 vs 1570
  • 4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1747 vs 442
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2081 vs 1570
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 January 2014 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate 19.8 GTexel / s vs 3.0 billion / sec
Pipelines 384 vs 48
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops vs 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 767 vs 286
Geekbench - OpenCL 6810 vs 751
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1747 vs 442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2081 vs 1570
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1747 vs 442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2081 vs 1570

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M

  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 221 vs 153
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1158 vs 527
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1158 vs 527
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 725 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 221 vs 153
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1158 vs 527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1158 vs 527

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M270
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
767
286
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
153
221
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6810
751
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1747
442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
527
1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2081
1570
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1747
442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
527
1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2081
1570
Name AMD Radeon R7 M270 NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M
PassMark - G3D Mark 767 286
PassMark - G2D Mark 153 221
Geekbench - OpenCL 6810 751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.826
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1747 442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 527 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2081 1570
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1747 442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 527 1158
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2081 1570

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M270 NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Opal GF108
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 9 January 2014 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1384 1388
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 725 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops 96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 48
Texture fill rate 19.8 GTexel / s 3.0 billion / sec
Transistor count 1,040 million 585 million
CUDA cores 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized medium sized

API support

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.6

Memory

Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory type Not Listed (G)DDR3
Shared memory 0 0
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz

Technologies

DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PCIe 3.0
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
Zero Core
ZeroCore
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus