GeForce2 MX vs Radeon R9 270

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	392	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.12	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	Curacao	NV11 A2
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	13 November 2013 (10 years ago)	28 June 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179	no data
Current price	$229 (1.3x MSRP)	$76

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1280	no data
Core clock speed	900 MHz	175 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,800 million	20 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	74.00	0.7
Floating-point performance	2,368 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 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

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	GDDR5	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	166 MHz
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	2.656 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x VGA
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	7.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 November 2013	28 June 2000
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	180 nm

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