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).

AMD Radeon R9 M270X

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M

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

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	621	618
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