AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

258
Place in performance rating
860
36.84
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN
Architecture
G9x
Curacao
Code name
G92
Desktop
Type
Laptop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
2 March 2009 (12 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$327 (1.6x MSRP)
Price now
$109
reference
Design
no data
6.66
Value for money
0.13
Curacao XT
GPU code name
N10E-GT
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
112
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Core clock speed
550 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
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2,800 million
Transistor count
754 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
180 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
65 Watt
84.00
Texture fill rate
31 billion/sec
2,688 gflops
Floating-point performance
308 gflops
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CUDA cores
112
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Gigaflops
462
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,800 million
Number of transistors
754 million
180 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
65 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
2 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
2-way
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
no data
MXM Type
MXM 3.0 Type-B

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 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
179.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
61 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
+
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
+
+
AppAcceleration
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1
CrossFire
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1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data
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HybridPower
+
no data
PureVideo HD
+
no data
Power management
8.0

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.6
OpenGL
2.1
+
Vulkan
N/A
5.1
Shader Model
4.0
1.2
OpenCL
1.1
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 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 270X or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
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 270X

20.09% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 112)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 61 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

Cheaper ($109 vs $327 (1.6x MSRP))

Less power consumption (65 Watt vs 180 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R9 270X or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M?

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

AMD Radeon R9 270X versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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