Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition vs R9 M270X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking749not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameVenusTropo
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date21 March 2014 (10 years ago)5 May 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 cores640640
Compute units10no data
Core clock speed725 MHz775 MHz
Boost clock speed775 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Texture fill rate31.0032.00
Floating-point processing power0.992 TFLOPS1.024 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4040

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16

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 amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s72 GB/s

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 outputsNo outputs
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Supported technologies

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

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API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 March 2014 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB

R9 M270X has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

R9 M370X Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M270X and Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.


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