AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
AMD Radeon R9 270X
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

258
Place in performance rating
433
36.84
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN
Architecture
Fermi
Curacao
Code name
GF104
Desktop
Type
Laptop
8 October 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2010 (11 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$327 (1.6x MSRP)
Price now
$163
reference
Design
no data
6.66
Value for money
2.68
Curacao XT
GPU code name
N12E-GTX-A1
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 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
1150 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,800 million
Transistor count
1,950 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
180 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
84.00
Texture fill rate
36.8 billion/sec
2,688 gflops
Floating-point performance
883.2 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,800 million
Number of transistors
1,950 million
180 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 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 485M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
2 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0

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 R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
179.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96.0 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 485M, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
+
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
no data
+
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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CUDA
+
+
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
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R9 270X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
+
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
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 485M 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 485M 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 485M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 270X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
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

11.28% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 96.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

Cheaper ($163 vs $327 (1.6x MSRP))

Less power consumption (100 Watt vs 180 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon R9 270X or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M?

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

AMD Radeon R9 270X versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R9 270X
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M