Radeon R9 M270 vs R9 M265X

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking742not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameVenus Prono data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2014 (10 years ago)1 April 2014 (10 years ago)

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 cores640640
Compute units10no data
Core clock speed625 MHz725 MHz
Boost clock speed625 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 million1500 Million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Texture fill rate25.00no data
Floating-point performance800.0 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M265X and Radeon R9 M270 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizemedium sizedlarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

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
Eyefinity1no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration-no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D+no data
PowerTune+no data
DualGraphics1no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore+no data
Switchable graphics1no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (FL 11_1)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCLNot Listedno data
Mantle+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2014 1 April 2014

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M265X and Radeon R9 M270. We've got no test results to judge.


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