AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	86	not rated
Value for money	70.44	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	N16E-GXX SLI	Pitcairn
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	22 September 2015 (7 years old)	13 March 2015 (8 years old)
Current price	$301	no data

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 cores	4096	1024
Core clock speed	1126 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1228 MHz	925 MHz
Number of transistors	10400 Million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	330 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	59.20
Floating-point performance	no data	1,894 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and Radeon R9 270 1024SP compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	no data

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3500 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	153.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	no data	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+
G-SYNC support	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12_1	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	22 September 2015	13 March 2015
Pipelines / CUDA cores	4096	1024
Power consumption (TDP)	330 Watt	150 Watt

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