Radeon R7 M270DX vs GeForce GTX 280

Place in performance ranking	699	797
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.24	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)
GPU code name	GT200	Topaz
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 June 2008 (16 years ago)	11 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	no data
Current price	$159 (0.2x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	240	384
CUDA cores	240	no data
Core clock speed	602 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	940 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	236 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion/sec	22.56
Floating-point performance	622.1 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	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no data

VRAM capacity and type

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

Memory type	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	512 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	141.7 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	HDTVDual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	4.0	6.3
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	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.

GTX 280 3.36
+34.9%

R7 M270DX 2.49

GeForce GTX 280 outperforms Radeon R7 M270DX by 35% based on our aggregate 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%

GTX 280 1299
+35.2%

R7 M270DX 961

GeForce GTX 280 outperforms Radeon R7 M270DX by 35% in Passmark.