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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 M270X | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 622 | 625 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Eyefinity | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11 | 9.0c |
Mantle | ||
OpenCL | Not Listed | |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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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 |
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DualGraphics | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
PowerTune | ||
Switchable graphics | ||
ZeroCore |