AMD Radeon R7 M270 vs NVIDIA GeForce 920M

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Games supported 57%
NVIDIA GeForce 920M
NVIDIA GeForce 920M
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
  • Core clock speed 954
  • Max video memory 4096
  • Memory type DDR3
  • Memory clock speed 1800
  • Maximum resolution
AMD Radeon R7 M270
Radeon R7 M270
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
  • Core clock speed 825
  • Max video memory 0
  • Memory type Not Listed
  • Memory clock speed 0
  • Maximum resolution
Price now no data
Games supported 57%

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rating805796
Value for money0.04no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameN16V-GM-SOpal XT / Mars
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date27 January 2015 (8 years old)7 January 2014 (9 years old)
Current price$895 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384384
Core clock speed954 MHz825 MHz
Number of transistors915 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)33 Wattno data
Texture fill rate30.5319.80
Floating-point performance297.6 gflops633.6 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 920M and Radeon R7 M270 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0PCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x8

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3Not Listed
Maximum RAM amount4 GB0 MB
Memory bus width64 BitNot Listed
Memory clock speed1800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s28.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAccelerationno data-
Endurono data-
FreeSyncno data1
HD3Dno data+
PowerTuneno data+
DualGraphicsno data1
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+no data
GameWorks+no data

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX12 (11_0)DirectX® 11
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.2Not Listed
Vulkan1.1.126no data
Mantleno data+
CUDA+no data

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.


Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 920M 1.84
R7 M270 1.89
+2.7%
  • Passmark
  • 3DMark Vantage Performance
  • 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
  • 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
  • 3DMark Fire Strike Score
  • 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 24%

GeForce 920M 729
R7 M270 750
+2.9%

Radeon R7 M270 outperforms GeForce 920M by 3% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

GeForce 920M 5587
R7 M270 6715
+20.2%

Radeon R7 M270 outperforms GeForce 920M by 20% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

GeForce 920M 1719
R7 M270 1858
+8.1%

Radeon R7 M270 outperforms GeForce 920M by 8% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GeForce 920M 7242
+13.8%
R7 M270 6365

GeForce 920M outperforms Radeon R7 M270 by 14% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GeForce 920M 1048
R7 M270 1177
+12.4%

Radeon R7 M270 outperforms GeForce 920M by 12% in 3DMark Fire Strike Score.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

GeForce 920M 1162
R7 M270 1258
+8.3%

Radeon R7 M270 outperforms GeForce 920M by 8% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce 920M and Radeon R7 M270. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 40 Mh/s no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD16
+14.3%
14
−14.3%
4K9no data

Popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 16
+300%
4−5
−300%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 1−2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 15
+275%
4−5
−275%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Metro Exodus 2
−100%
4−5
+100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7
+40%
5−6
−40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 1−2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4
−25%
5−6
+25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance rating 1.84 1.89
Recency 27 January 2015 7 January 2014
Memory bandwidth 14.4 28.8

Technical City couldn't decide between

NVIDIA GeForce 920M
GeForce 920M

and

AMD Radeon R7 M270
Radeon R7 M270

The differences in performance seem too small.


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Competitors of GeForce 920M by AMD

The nearest GeForce 920M's AMD equivalent is Radeon HD 8650G + HD 8570M Dual Graphics, which is faster by 1% and higher by 1 position in our performance rating.

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Competitors of Radeon R7 M270 by NVIDIA

We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon R7 M270 from NVIDIA is GeForce 9800M GT SLI, which is nearly equal in speed and is lower by 1 position in our rating.

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI GeForce 9800M GT SLI
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