Radeon R7 M270 vs Radeon R9 M385X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 M270 |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 M385X |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 M385X
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon R7 M270 | | Radeon R9 M385X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Opal (Opal XT) | vs | Strato (Strato XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 77 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,040 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 384 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 725 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 24 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R7 M270 | | Radeon R9 M385X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 M270 | | Radeon R9 M385X | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 9 Jan 2014 | vs | 5 May 2015 |
Radeon R7 M270
6.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 M385X
17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R7 M270
19.80 GT/s
Radeon R9 M385X
61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R7 M270
28.80 GB/s
Radeon R9 M385X
76.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R7 M270
633.60 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 M385X
1971.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better