Radeon R9 270X and Radeon R7 M260 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 270X vs Radeon R7 M260
Radeon R9 270X
5036
Radeon R7 M260
511
Radeon R9 270X
Radeon R7 M260
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name
Curacao XT
Opal Pro / Mars
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
October 2013
January 2014
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
2 x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
980 MHz
Compute units
-
6
Core clock speed
-
715 MHz
Floating-point performance
2,688 gflops
721.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2,800 million
1,550 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
384
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
84.00
23.52
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
-
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
No outputs
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
-
DisplayPort support
+
-
DirectX
DirectX® 12
DirectX® 12
Mantle
-
+
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.3
Shader Model
5.1
6.3
Vulkan
+
-
AppAcceleration
+
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
DualGraphics
-
1
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
1
HD3D
+
+
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
-
+
Switchable graphics
-
1
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
+