AMD Radeon R5 M255
VS
AMD FireStream 9270
AMD Radeon R5 M255
VS
AMD FireStream 9270

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R5 M255 and AMD FireStream 9270. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

854
Place in performance rating
565
GCN
Architecture
TeraScale
Topaz
Code name
RV770
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 May 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
13 November 2008 (13 years ago)
Topaz Pro / Sun
GPU code name
RV770
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R5 M255 and AMD FireStream 9270 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
800
940 MHz
Core clock speed
750 MHz
940 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
1,550 million
Transistor count
956 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
160 Watt
22.56
Texture fill rate
30.00
721.9 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,200.0 gflops
5
Compute units
no data
320
Pipelines / CUDA cores
800
940 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
1,550 million
Number of transistors
956 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
160 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R5 M255 and AMD FireStream 9270.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
no data
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R5 M255 and AMD FireStream 9270 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
3600 MHz
16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
115.2 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R5 M255 and AMD FireStream 9270, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI
+
Eyefinity
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R5 M255 and AMD FireStream 9270 is the additional functionality.

+
AppAcceleration
no data
+
HD3D
no data
+
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
+
ZeroCore
no data
-
Enduro
no data
1
DualGraphics
no data
1
Switchable graphics
no data
+
PowerPlay
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R5 M255 and AMD FireStream 9270. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 11
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
4.4
OpenGL
3.3
6.3
Shader Model
no data
Not Listed
OpenCL
no data
+
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R5 M255 and AMD FireStream 9270 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R5 M255 or AMD FireStream 9270 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M255
AMD FireStream 9270
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M255
AMD FireStream 9270
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M255
AMD FireStream 9270
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M255
AMD FireStream 9270
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M255 8.5
AMD FireStream 9270
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 M255

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD FireStream 9270

3.48% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (800 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (115.2 GB/s vs 16 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R5 M255 or AMD FireStream 9270?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FireStream 9270 .

AMD Radeon R5 M255 versus AMD FireStream 9270 performance benchmarks comparison

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