AMD Radeon R9 M290X vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4270 IGP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M290X and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4270 IGP 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 M290X

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4270 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 590 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
35.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3282 vs 93
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 426 vs 282

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2014 vs 1 May 2010
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 590 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3282 vs 93
PassMark - G2D Mark	426 vs 282

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M290X
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4270 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3282

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

426

282

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M290X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4270 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	3282	93
PassMark - G2D Mark	426	282
Geekbench - OpenCL	24008
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	51.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	936.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	77.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	267.307
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2526
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2526

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M290X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4270 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Neptune	RS880
Design	AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date	9 January 2014	1 May 2010
Place in performance rating	585	588
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	850 MHz	590 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,304 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	181 million
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	None
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore