Xe DG1 (iDG1LP) Mobile vs Radeon R9 M270
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN (2011−2017) | Gen. 12 Xe (2020) |
| GPU code name | no data | iDG1LPDEV |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 April 2014 (10 years old) | 1 March 2020 (4 years old) |
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 | 640 | 96 |
| Core clock speed | 725 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1500 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
Size and compatibility
Information on Radeon R9 M270 and Xe DG1 (iDG1LP) Mobile 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 size | large | no data |
Memory
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 4500 MHz | no data |
| Shared memory | - | - |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 11_1) | no data |
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 1 April 2014 | 1 March 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 3 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M270 and Xe DG1 (iDG1LP) Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
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