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).

AMD Radeon R9 M270X

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

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	621	624
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