Radeon R9 270 and GeForce GTX 970M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 270 vs GeForce GTX 970M
Radeon R9 270
4435
GeForce GTX 970M
5911
Radeon R9 270
GeForce GTX 970M
Architecture
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
Curacao
GM204
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
November 2013
October 2014
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
None
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
1038 MHz
Core clock speed
-
924 MHz
CUDA cores
-
1280
Floating-point performance
2,368 gflops
2,657 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2,800 million
5,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
unknown
Texture fill rate
74.00
83.04
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
-
2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
120 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
No outputs
Eyefinity
1
-
VGA аnalog display support
-
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
-
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
+
-
G-SYNC support
-
+
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12 (12_1)
CUDA
-
+
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
+
1.1.126
Ansel
-
+
AppAcceleration
-
-
BatteryBoost
-
+
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
GameStream
-
+
GameWorks
-
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
-
+
GPU Boost
-
2.0
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
-
+
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
Optimus
-
+
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-