Radeon RX Vega 7 vs R7 M270DX

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Aggregate performance score

R7 M270DX
2014
2.49

RX Vega 7 outperforms R7 M270DX by a whopping 198% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking798501
Place by popularitynot in top-10010
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data10.95
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2017)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameTopazVega Raven Ridge
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date11 June 2014 (10 years ago)7 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Current priceno data$387

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 cores384448
Core clock speed900 MHzno data
Boost clock speed940 MHz1800 MHz
Number of transistors1,550 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate22.56no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 M270DX and Radeon RX Vega 7 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.

InterfaceIGPno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memoryno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12_1
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data

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:

Full HD7−8
−229%
23
+229%
1440p12−14
−225%
39
+225%
4K5−6
−240%
17
+240%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.49 7.42
Recency 11 June 2014 7 January 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm

The Radeon RX Vega 7 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 RX Vega 7 is a notebook one.


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