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AMD Radeon R7 M270

AMD Radeon R7 M270

The AMD Radeon R7 M270 is a (lower) mid-range DirectX 12 graphics card for laptops. Just like the older Radeon HD 8750M and Radeon R7 M265, it is based on the Mars chip (28nm GCN architecture) with 384 shader cores, 24 TMUs and 8 ROPs. The core is clocked at up to 825 MHz and can access up to 4 GB of DDR3 memory (900 - 1000 MHz, 128 bit).

Performance

The performance of the Radeon R7 M270 is similar to the Nvidia GeForce 830M and GeForce GT 740M. Current and demanding games of 2014/2015 will run fluently only in low resolutions and detail settings. In older games, however, higher quality settings will be possible.

The 384 shaders can be used with OpenCL 1.2 for general-purpose calculations (as 6 compute units). Compared to old TeraScale 2 chips, the GCN-based Mars architecture offers improved performance in this framework.

Features

Features of the R7 M270 include video decoding for MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and Flash directly by the AMD GPU. Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos are compatible as well.

The R7 series also supports automatic graphics switching between the integrated GPU and discrete GPU. Called Enduro, the technology supersedes AMD's Dynamic Switchable Graphics and is similar to Nvidia's Optimus. Furthermore, the M270 can directly support multiple monitors using Eyefinity Technology if Enduro is disabled.

Other features include ZeroCore for reducing power consumption when the display is turned off and Power Gating to power down areas of the chip that are not used. PowerTune allows automatic overclocking and underclocking of the graphics card as long as the GPU is within its TDP limit. For example, the chip may be underclocked when running FurMark and OCCT, but will overclock in certain games like Lost Planet, Crysis or Resident Evil 5.

The integrated HD audio processor is able to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g., for Blu-Ray videos). Additionally, it allows audio output simultaneously and in parallel to multiple devices with the new Discrete Digital Multipoint Audio (DDMA) feature.

Power consumption

The power consumption should be similar to the old Radeon HD 8750M or the Nvidia GeForce GT 730M (30 W or lower). As a result, the R7 M270 is best suited for 13-inch notebooks or larger.

Radeon R7 M200 Series

Radeon R7 M275DX compare 896
Radeon R7 M260X compare 384 @ 0.72 GHz128 Bit @ 4000 MHz
Radeon R7 M270 384 @ 0.83 GHz128 Bit @ 1800 - 2000 MHz
Radeon R7 M265 compare 384 @ 0.83 - 0.98 GHz64/128 Bit @ 1800 - 2000 MHz
Radeon R7 M260 compare 384 @ 0.72 - 0.98 GHz64/128 Bit @ 1800 - 2000 MHz
CodenameOpal XT / Mars
ArchitectureGCN
Pipelines384 - unified
Core Speed825 MHz
Memory Speed1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory4 GB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 12 (FL 11_1), Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3
Transistor Count1 Billion
technology28 nm
FeaturesMantle, PCIe 3.0, Zero Core, PowerTune
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement07.01.2014

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
0.6 pt (2%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 9559     avg: 9792     median: 9791.5 (13%)     max: 10024 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 124.7     avg: 124.9     median: 124.9 (1%)     max: 125 fps
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

GTA V

GTA V

2015
low 1024x768
51.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
43.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
11.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
8.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
47.3 47.4 ~ 47 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
34 34.5 ~ 34 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
14.6 14.7 ~ 15 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
9.2 9.4 ~ 9 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Evolve

Evolve

2015
low 1024x768
30.5 30.9 ~ 31 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
23 23.2 ~ 23 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
12.8 12.8 ~ 13 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
10.9 11 ~ 11 fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
37.2 38.3 ~ 38 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
29.9 31.7 ~ 31 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
17.5 17.8 ~ 18 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12.1 12.3 ~ 12 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Far Cry 4

Far Cry 4

2014
low 1024x768
38.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
27.8  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
13.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
10.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
F1 2014

F1 2014

2014
low 1024x768
89 97 ~ 93 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
59 65 ~ 62 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
31 41 ~ 36 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
21 25 ~ 23 fps    + Compare
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
26.8  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
20.1  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
10.1  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
32.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
20.9  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
9.9  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
9.3  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
45.2  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
31  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
17  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1280x720
32.2 37.9 ~ 35 fps    + Compare
med. 1344x756
21.9 22.6 ~ 22 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
12.8 13.4 ~ 13 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
9.8 10.2 ~ 10 fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
51 51.8 ~ 51 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
31 31.9 ~ 31 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
13.7 13.8 ~ 14 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
10.8 10.9 ~ 11 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
124.9 146.7 ~ 136 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
52.6 53.8 ~ 53 fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
24.9 25.2 ~ 25 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14.1 14.4 ~ 14 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Thief

Thief

2014
low 1024x768
27.6 28.6 ~ 28 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
18.7 19.3 ~ 19 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
16.1 16.3 ~ 16 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
8.3 8.7 ~ 9 fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
low 1024x768
59.6  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
31.5  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
13.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
5.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
99  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
47  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
25  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
11  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
63.4  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
47.2  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
38.3  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
7.3  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
208  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
72  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
41.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
15.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
77.1 79 ~ 78 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
40.5 41.9 ~ 41 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
28.5 28.9 ~ 29 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
13.8 13.9 ~ 14 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
39.5 40.7 ~ 40 fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
32.7 33.2 ~ 33 fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
16.8 17.3 ~ 17 fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
7.5 7.6 ~ 8 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
low 1024x768
94.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
62.1  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
51  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
31.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

2011
low 1024x768
91.3  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
46.1  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
28.8  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
14  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1280x720
67.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
43.3  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
31.6  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
GTA V51.143.511.88.1
Battlefield Hardline4734159
Evolve31231311
Dragon Age: Inquisition38311812
Far Cry 438.427.813.110.3
F1 201493623623
The Evil Within26.820.110.1
Ryse: Son of Rome32.620.99.99.3
Alien: Isolation45.2311713.9
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor35221310
Risen 3: Titan Lords51311411
GRID: Autosport136532514
Thief2819169
X-Plane 10.2559.631.513.45.1
Batman: Arkham Origins99472511
Total War: Rome II63.447.238.37.3
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm2087241.615.6
Tomb Raider78412914
Hitman: Absolution4033178
Diablo III94.562.15131.4
Anno 207091.346.128.814
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim67.143.331.619.1
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