Radeon R7 M270DX vs GeForce GT 730

Place in performance ranking	819	794
Place by popularity	17	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.19	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)
GPU code name	GF108	Topaz
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 June 2014 (9 years ago)	11 June 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99	no data
Current price	$77 (1.3x MSRP)	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed Specifications

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 cores	96	384
Core clock speed	700 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	940 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	11.2 GT/s	22.56
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

Memory type	DDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data

Connectivity and Outputs

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API Compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	2.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. 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.

GT 730 2.15

R7 M270DX 2.48
+15.3%

Radeon R7 M270DX outperforms GeForce GT 730 by 15% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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: 25%

GT 730 834

R7 M270DX 961
+15.2%

Radeon R7 M270DX outperforms GeForce GT 730 by 15% in Passmark.