Quadro FX 4000 vs Radeon R9 M270

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1350
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.13
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameno dataNV40
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date1 April 2014 (10 years ago)1 April 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores640no data
Core clock speed725 MHz375 MHz
Number of transistors1500 Million222 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data142 Watt
Texture fill rateno data4.500
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data12

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
Interfaceno dataAGP 8x
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x Molex

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed4500 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data32 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 data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 11_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2014 1 April 2004
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

R9 M270 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M270 and Quadro FX 4000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M270 is a notebook card while Quadro FX 4000 is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon R9 M270
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