AMD Radeon R9 270
VS
NVIDIA Quadro M520
AMD Radeon R9 270
VS
NVIDIA Quadro M520

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro M520. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

286
Place in performance rating
466
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Curacao
Code name
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Desktop
Type
Mobile workstation
13 November 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
13 January 2017 (4 years ago)
$179
Launch price (MSRP)
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$269 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
no data
reference
Design
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6.20
Value for money
no data
Curacao
GPU code name
GM108
Desktop
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro M520 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
384
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Core clock speed
756 MHz
925 MHz
Boost Clock
1019 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
no data
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
25 Watt
74.00
Texture fill rate
16.66
2,368 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
925 MHz
Boost clock speed
1019 MHz
2,800 million
Number of transistors
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150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
25 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro M520.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
210 mm
Length
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1 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
medium sized
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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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 R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro M520 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
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Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
179.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
40 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro M520, the size and number of monitors.

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

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro M520 is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
5.0
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Optimus
+
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3D Vision Pro
+
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3D Stereo
+
no data
nView Display Management
+
no data
nView
+
-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
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-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro M520. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
+
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.1
Shader Model
5.0
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 270 and NVIDIA Quadro M520 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 R9 270 or NVIDIA Quadro M520 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro M520
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro M520
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro M520
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro M520
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA Quadro M520
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 R9 270

11.95% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 384)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 40 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro M520

Less power consumption (25 Watt vs 150 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R9 270 or NVIDIA Quadro M520?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 270 .

AMD Radeon R9 270 versus NVIDIA Quadro M520 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 270
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA Quadro M520