AMD Radeon R7 M270DX vs AMD FirePro D500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M270DX and AMD FirePro D500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), 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 R7 M270DX

AMD FirePro D500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 725 MHz

Launch date	11 June 2014 vs 18 January 2014
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 725 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D500

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	AMD FirePro D500
PassMark - G2D Mark	233
PassMark - G3D Mark	962
Geekbench - OpenCL		17885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		49.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1063.081
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		65.789
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	AMD FirePro D500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Topaz	Tahiti
Launch date	11 June 2014	18 January 2014
Place in performance rating	667	668
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	940 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2,227 gflops
Pipelines		1536
Texture fill rate		69.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		274 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		279 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		3 GB
Memory bandwidth		243.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory clock speed		5080 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5