GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile vs ATI Radeon Xpress X1270

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated18
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataAda Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameM690TGN21-X11
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2007 (17 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores49728
Boost clock speed400 MHz2040 MHz
Number of transistorsno data45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rateno data515.3

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 sizeno datalarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB16 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data20000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data576.0 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 dataPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2007 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 5 nm

RTX 4090 Mobile has an age advantage of 15 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Xpress X1270 and GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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ATI Radeon Xpress X1270
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