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AMD Radeon R9 M270X
- Graphics Processor
- Saturn
- Cores
- 768
- TMUs
- 48
- ROPs
- 16
- Memory Size
- 2 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Bus Width
- 128 bit
GPU
Recommended Gaming Resolutions:
- 1280x720
- 1366x768
- 1600x900
The Radeon R9 M270X was a mobile graphics chip by AMD, launched on February 5th, 2015. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Saturn graphics processor, in its Saturn PRO variant, the chip supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon R9 M270X. The Saturn graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 160 mm² and 2,080 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon R9 M280X, which uses the same GPU but has all 896 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon R9 M270X to reach the product's target shader count. It features 768 shading units, 48 texture mapping units, and 16 ROPs. AMD has paired 2,048 MB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon R9 M270X, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 900 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1000 MHz, memory is running at 1375 MHz (5.5 Gbps effective).
Its power draw is not exactly known. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device. Radeon R9 M270X is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface.
Its power draw is not exactly known. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device. Radeon R9 M270X is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface.
Graphics Processor
Mobile Graphics
- Release Date
- Feb 5th, 2015
- Generation
-
Gem System
(R9 M200)
- Predecessor
- Solar System
- Successor
- Polaris Mobile
- Production
- End-of-life
- Bus Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
Relative Performance
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 900 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 1000 MHz
- Memory Clock
-
1375 MHz
5.5 Gbps effective
Memory
- Memory Size
- 2 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR5
- Memory Bus
- 128 bit
- Bandwidth
- 88.00 GB/s
Render Config
- Shading Units
- 768
- TMUs
- 48
- ROPs
- 16
- Compute Units
- 12
- L1 Cache
- 16 KB (per CU)
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 16.00 GPixel/s
- Texture Rate
- 48.00 GTexel/s
- FP32 (float)
- 1.536 TFLOPS
- FP64 (double)
- 96.00 GFLOPS (1:16)
Board Design
- TDP
- unknown
- Outputs
- Portable Device Dependent
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 12 (12_0)
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 2.1
- Vulkan
- 1.2.170
- Shader Model
- 6.5
Saturn GPU Notes
| Generation: Sea Islands Desktop Variant: Bonaire / Tobago Mobile Variant: Strato / Emerald Graphics/Compute: GFX7 (gfx704) Display Core Engine: 8.2 Unified Video Decoder: 4.2 Video Compression Engine: 2.0 System DMA: 1.0.0 CLRX: GCN 1.1.0 Latest Drivers: Windows 7: 32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3 64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1 Windows 8.1: 32-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.2 / 17.1.2 64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1 Windows 10: 32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3 64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1 |
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