AMD Radeon R7 M270DX vs AMD FirePro M5100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M270DX and AMD FirePro M5100 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 - 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), 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 R7 M270DX

AMD FirePro M5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 940 MHz vs 775 MHz

Launch date	11 June 2014 vs 16 October 2013
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	940 MHz vs 775 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5100

3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 800 vs 233
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2103 vs 962

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	800 vs 233
PassMark - G3D Mark	2103 vs 962

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M5100

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

233

800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

962

2103

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	AMD FirePro M5100
PassMark - G2D Mark	233	800
PassMark - G3D Mark	962	2103
Geekbench - OpenCL		6311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		537.558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		40.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		108.052
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	AMD FirePro M5100
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Topaz	Venus
Launch date	11 June 2014	16 October 2013
Place in performance rating	636	643
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	940 MHz	775 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	1,500 million
Floating-point performance		992.0 gflops
Pipelines		640
Texture fill rate		31 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		72 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		4500 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AppAcceleration