AMD Radeon R7 M270
VS
AMD Radeon R7 260X
AMD Radeon R7 M270
VS
AMD Radeon R7 260X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R7 M270 and AMD Radeon R7 260X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

738
Place in performance rating
360
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Value for money (0-100)
26.29
GCN
Architecture
GCN 2.0
Opal
Code name
Bonaire
Laptop
Type
Desktop
7 January 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$139
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Price now
$168 (1.2x MSRP)
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Design
reference
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Value for money
5.21
Opal XT / Mars
GPU code name
Bonaire
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R7 M270 and AMD Radeon R7 260X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
896
825 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
1000 MHz
950 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
19.80
Texture fill rate
61.60
633.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,971 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
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Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
950 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
115 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R7 M270 and AMD Radeon R7 260X.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
170 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
medium sized
Laptop size
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PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 R7 M270 and AMD Radeon R7 260X can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
28.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
104 GB/s
-
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R7 M270 and AMD Radeon R7 260X, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R7 M270 and AMD Radeon R7 260X is the additional functionality.

-
AppAcceleration
-
1
FreeSync
1
+
HD3D
-
+
PowerTune
-
-
TrueAudio
-
+
ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
1
DualGraphics
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1
Switchable graphics
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+
Zero Core
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R7 M270 and AMD Radeon R7 260X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 11
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
5.1
Shader Model
6.3
Not Listed
OpenCL
2.0
+
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R7 M270 and AMD Radeon R7 260X 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 R7 M270 or AMD Radeon R7 260X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M270
AMD Radeon R7 260X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M270
AMD Radeon R7 260X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M270
AMD Radeon R7 260X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M270
AMD Radeon R7 260X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R7 M270
AMD Radeon R7 260X
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 R7 M270

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 260X

10.55% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (896 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (104 GB/s vs 28.8 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R7 M270 or AMD Radeon R7 260X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R7 260X .

AMD Radeon R7 M270 versus AMD Radeon R7 260X performance benchmarks comparison

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