AMD Radeon R9 M270X vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4270 IGP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M270X and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4270 IGP 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M270X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 590 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 12.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1204 vs 93
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 306 vs 282
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 March 2014 vs 1 May 2010
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 590 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1204 vs 93
PassMark - G2D Mark 306 vs 282

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M270X
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4270 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1204
93
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
306
282
Name AMD Radeon R9 M270X ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4270 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark 1204 93
PassMark - G2D Mark 306 282
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M270X ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4270 IGP

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Venus RS880
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 21 March 2014 1 May 2010
Place in performance rating 612 615
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 725 MHz 590 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 768
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million 181 million

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 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11 10.1
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

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

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore