NVIDIA CMP 40HX vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 40HX and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA CMP 40HX

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 40HX

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 78% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 925 MHz
4013.5x more texture fill rate: 237.6 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 38% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 97088 vs 70535

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Feb 2021 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1470 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	237.6 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	97088 vs 70535

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 185 Watt
2.7x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 185 Watt
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA CMP 40HX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

97088

70535

Name	NVIDIA CMP 40HX	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Geekbench - OpenCL	97088	70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		27566

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA CMP 40HX	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 1.0
Code name	TU106	Pitcairn
Launch date	25 Feb 2021	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	167	165
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1650 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	1470 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	1024
Pixel fill rate	105.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	237.6 GTexel/s	59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	10800 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		1,894 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	229 mm, 9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5