Radeon R7 M270DX vs GeForce GTX 480M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 480M SLI and Radeon R7 M270DX, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 480M SLI
2010
4 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
5.98
+160%

480M SLI outperforms R7 M270DX by a whopping 160% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking644904
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.60no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameN11E-GTX-A3Topaz
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date25 May 2010 (15 years ago)11 June 2014 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores704384
Core clock speed425 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data940 MHz
Number of transistors6000 Million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data22.56
Floating-point processing powerno data0.7219 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24
L1 Cacheno data96 KB
L2 Cacheno data256 KB

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1200 MHzSystem Shared
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1112 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.3
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

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

900p61
+190%
21−24
−190%
Full HD69
+188%
24−27
−188%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+190%
10−11
−190%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+190%
10−11
−190%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+171%
7−8
−171%
Fortnite 35−40
+164%
14−16
−164%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+180%
10−11
−180%
Forza Horizon 5 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+188%
8−9
−188%
Valorant 65−70
+188%
24−27
−188%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+190%
10−11
−190%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 100−105
+186%
35−40
−186%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Dota 2 45−50
+172%
18−20
−172%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+171%
7−8
−171%
Fortnite 35−40
+164%
14−16
−164%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+180%
10−11
−180%
Forza Horizon 5 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%
Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
+163%
8−9
−163%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+188%
8−9
−188%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%
Valorant 65−70
+188%
24−27
−188%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Dota 2 45−50
+172%
18−20
−172%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+171%
7−8
−171%
Forza Horizon 4 27−30
+180%
10−11
−180%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+188%
8−9
−188%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%
Valorant 65−70
+188%
24−27
−188%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 35−40
+164%
14−16
−164%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 45−50
+188%
16−18
−188%
Grand Theft Auto V 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+179%
14−16
−179%
Valorant 65−70
+179%
24−27
−179%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Valorant 30−33
+200%
10−11
−200%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Dota 2 21−24
+175%
8−9
−175%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

This is how GTX 480M SLI and R7 M270DX compete in popular games:

  • GTX 480M SLI is 190% faster in 900p
  • GTX 480M SLI is 188% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 5.98 2.30
Recency 25 May 2010 11 June 2014
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

GTX 480M SLI has a 160% higher aggregate performance score.

R7 M270DX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 480M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M270DX in performance tests.

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