NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) vs AMD FireStream 9270

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) and AMD FireStream 9270 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: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

AMD FireStream 9270

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 750 MHz
9.4x more texture fill rate: 283.4 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 2560 vs 800
7.6x better floating-point performance: 9,068 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 13 November 2008
Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	283.4 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 800
Floating-point performance	9,068 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9270

Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 180 Watt
360x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9270

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)	AMD FireStream 9270
Geekbench - OpenCL	52436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4195
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4195
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7257
PassMark - G3D Mark		1341
PassMark - G2D Mark		473

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)	AMD FireStream 9270
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP104	RV770
Launch date	15 August 2016	13 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$499.99
Place in performance rating	280	283
Price now	$439.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	43.70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1771 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	750 MHz
CUDA cores	2560
Floating-point performance	9,068 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	2560	800
Texture fill rate	283.4 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI	1x DVI
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	320 GB / s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	10 GB/s	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready