Radeon Pro Vega 64X vs R7 M270DX

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 M270DX with Radeon Pro Vega 64X, including specs and performance data.

R7 M270DX
2014
2.49

Pro Vega 64X outperforms R7 M270DX by a whopping 1327% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking826138
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data9.84
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameTopazVega 10
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date11 June 2014 (10 years ago)19 March 2019 (5 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 cores3844096
Core clock speed900 MHz1250 MHz
Boost clock speed940 MHz1468 MHz
Number of transistors1,550 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data250 Watt
Texture fill rate22.56375.8
Floating-point processing power0.7219 TFLOPS12.03 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs24256

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedHBM2
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared16 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared2048 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data512.0 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.125

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

R7 M270DX 2.49
Pro Vega 64X 35.52
+1327%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

R7 M270DX 961
Pro Vega 64X 13708
+1326%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.49 35.52
Recency 11 June 2014 19 March 2019
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

Pro Vega 64X has a 1326.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro Vega 64X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M270DX in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 M270DX is a desktop card while Radeon Pro Vega 64X is a mobile workstation one.


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