AMD Radeon R9 M270X vs AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M270X and AMD Radeon HD 7970M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M270X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3692
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3692
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 3339
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 3339
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 March 2014 vs 24 April 2012
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3339

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M

  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 68 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
  • Around 42% better floating-point performance: 2,176 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
  • 4.3x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3559 vs 1204
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 492 vs 306
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 68 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,176 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3559 vs 1204
PassMark - G2D Mark 492 vs 306

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M270X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1204
3559
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
306
492
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3692
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3339
Name AMD Radeon R9 M270X AMD Radeon HD 7970M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1204 3559
PassMark - G2D Mark 306 492
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 3339
Geekbench - OpenCL 17210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 51.181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1121.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 81.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 256.99
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5094
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M270X AMD Radeon HD 7970M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Venus Wimbledon
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 21 March 2014 24 April 2012
Place in performance rating 622 624
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 725 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops 2,176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 1280
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 68 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,800 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore