AMD Radeon R9 M270X vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M270X and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M 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) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 61% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • Around 72% higher boost clock speed: 775 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 26.7x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
  • 192x more pipelines: 768 vs 4
  • 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
  • 25.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1204 vs 47
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 306 vs 274
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 March 2014 vs 1 June 2006
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed 775 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1204 vs 47
PassMark - G2D Mark 306 vs 274

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

  • Around 24% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1125 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M270X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1204
47
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
306
274
Name AMD Radeon R9 M270X NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1204 47
PassMark - G2D Mark 306 274
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 Quadro NVS 120M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Curie
Code name Venus G72
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 21 March 2014 1 June 2006
Place in performance rating 622 619
Type Desktop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz 450 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 725 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 768 4
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million 112 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 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 MXM-III

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 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 700 Bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 64
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
CineFX 4.0
Intellisample 4.0
PowerMizer 6.0
UltraShadow II