Radeon R9 270 1024SP vs Quadro M620

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking535not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency16.71no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGM107Pitcairn
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)13 March 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores5121024
Core clock speed756 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed977 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate31.2659.20
Floating-point processing power1 TFLOPS1.894 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3264

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s153.6 GB/s
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 outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1212 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 13 March 2015
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 150 Watt

Quadro M620 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M620 and Radeon R9 270 1024SP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M620 is a mobile workstation card while Radeon R9 270 1024SP is a desktop one.


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