Radeon R9 M270 vs Pro WX 5100

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	423	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.57	no data
Power efficiency	13.42	no data
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	GCN (2012−2015)
GPU code name	Ellesmere	no data
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	18 November 2016 (9 years ago)	1 April 2014 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	1792	640
Core clock speed	713 MHz	725 MHz
Boost clock speed	1086 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,700 million	1500 Million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	121.6	no data
Floating-point processing power	3.892 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	112	no data
L1 Cache	448 KB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	no data

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 size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

4x DisplayPort

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (FL 11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 November 2016	1 April 2014
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm