AMD Radeon R7 M270DX vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M270DX and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
40.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 962 vs 24

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 June 2014 vs 22 December 2003
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	962 vs 24

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 265 vs 233

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	265 vs 233

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

233

265

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

962

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S
PassMark - G2D Mark	233	265
PassMark - G3D Mark	962	24

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Curie
Code name	Topaz	MCP51
Launch date	11 June 2014	22 December 2003
Place in performance rating	637	639
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	940 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	75 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		11 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCI
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1