AMD Radeon R7 M270DX vs AMD Radeon R7 260X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M270DX and AMD Radeon R7 260X 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

AMD Radeon R7 260X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later

Launch date	11 June 2014 vs 8 October 2013

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 940 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 521 vs 233
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3183 vs 962

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 940 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	521 vs 233
PassMark - G3D Mark	3183 vs 962

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

233

521

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

962

3183

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	AMD Radeon R7 260X
PassMark - G2D Mark	233	521
PassMark - G3D Mark	962	3183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1481

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	AMD Radeon R7 260X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Topaz	Bonaire
Launch date	11 June 2014	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	635	638
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$139
Price now		$239
Value for money (0-100)		17.15
Technical info
Boost clock speed	940 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	2,080 million
Floating-point performance		1,971 gflops
Pipelines		896
Stream Processors		896
Texture fill rate		61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		115 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		104 GB/s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync