AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile vs AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile and AMD Radeon R7 M270DX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 940 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 399 vs 233
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1527 vs 962

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 November 2017 vs 11 June 2014
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 940 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	399 vs 233
PassMark - G3D Mark	1527 vs 962

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

399

233

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1527

962

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
PassMark - G2D Mark	399	233
PassMark - G3D Mark	1527	962
Geekbench - OpenCL	8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Vega	Topaz
Launch date	24 November 2017	11 June 2014
Place in performance rating	665	667
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	940 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,126 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	35.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt
Transistor count	4,500 million	3,100 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR4
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5