AMD Radeon R9 M270X vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M270X and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX 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 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 775 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 4x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
  • 32x more pipelines: 768 vs 24
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
  • 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1204 vs 270
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 306 vs 264
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 March 2014 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 500 MHz
Boost clock speed 775 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1204 vs 270
PassMark - G2D Mark 306 vs 264

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

  • Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1125 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M270X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1204
270
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
306
264
Name AMD Radeon R9 M270X NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1204 270
PassMark - G2D Mark 306 264
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 NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Curie
Code name Venus G71
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 21 March 2014 18 April 2006
Place in performance rating 624 621
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz 500 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 725 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 768 24
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 12 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million 278 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 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 PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11 9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 600 Bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 256
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore