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
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| Name | AMD Radeon R9 M270X | AMD Radeon R7 260X |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 11 | 12 |
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| OpenCL | Not Listed | |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| 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 |
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| PowerTune | ||
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| ZeroCore | ||
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