AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile vs AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile

AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
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
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 344 vs 233
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1311 vs 962

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 11 June 2014
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz vs 940 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	344 vs 233
PassMark - G3D Mark	1311 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 Vega 6 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M270DX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

344

233

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1311

962

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
PassMark - G2D Mark	344	233
PassMark - G3D Mark	1311	962
Geekbench - OpenCL	7145
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	745

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 6 Mobile	AMD Radeon R7 M270DX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Raven	Topaz
Launch date	1 February 2018	11 June 2014
Place in performance rating	798	635
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	940 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	4,940 million	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_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5