AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL vs AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL and AMD Radeon R7 M270DX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 931 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1011 MHz vs 940 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3675 vs 962
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 477 vs 233

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 11 June 2014
Core clock speed	931 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz vs 940 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3675 vs 962
PassMark - G2D Mark	477 vs 233

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3675

962

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

477

233

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
PassMark - G3D Mark	3675	962
PassMark - G2D Mark	477	233
Geekbench - OpenCL	19262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	58.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1235.247
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.195
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	75.289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	252.311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6318
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2070
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6318
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2070
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1514
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2091

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Polaris 22	Topaz
Launch date	1 February 2018	11 June 2014
Place in performance rating	639	641
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	940 MHz
Core clock speed	931 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,588 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	80.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count		3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	1024 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz
Memory type	HBM2
Shared memory	0