AMD Radeon R9 M270X vs AMD Radeon R7 260X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M270X 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 - 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), 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 5 month(s) later
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 3485
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 3485
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 March 2014 vs 8 October 2013
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

  • Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
  • Around 28% better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3192 vs 1204
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 523 vs 306
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines 896 vs 768
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3192 vs 1204
PassMark - G2D Mark 523 vs 306

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M270X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1204
3192
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
306
523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3358
Name AMD Radeon R9 M270X AMD Radeon R7 260X
PassMark - G3D Mark 1204 3192
PassMark - G2D Mark 306 523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 3358
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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3845
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1481

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M270X AMD Radeon R7 260X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Venus Bonaire
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 21 March 2014 8 October 2013
Place in performance rating 612 614
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $139
Price now $239
Value for money (0-100) 17.15

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz 1000 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops 1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 896
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 61.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million 2,080 million
Stream Processors 896
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11 12
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 104 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
DDMA audio