AMD Radeon R9 M270X vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Saturn | NV30 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Saturn PRO | — |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Rankine |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Number of transistors | 2,080 million | 125 million |
| Die size | 160 mm² | 199 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Feb 5th, 2015 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Crystal System (R9 M200) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | — |
| Predecessor | Solar System | — |
| Successor | Mobility Radeon | — |
Clocks
| Base clock | 900 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1000 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 1375 MHz 5.5 Gbps effective | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective |
| GPU clock | — | 400 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 2 GB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 88.00 GB/s | 12.80 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 768 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 48 | 8 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| Compute units | 12 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 4 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 2 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 16.00 GPixel/s | 1.600 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 48.00 GTexel/s | 3.200 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 1.536 TFLOPS | — |
| FP64 (double) performance | 96.00 GFLOPS (1:16) | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 200.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | unknown | 44 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Slot width | — | Dual-slot |
| Length | — | 213 mm 8.4 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | 1x Molex |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 9.0a |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.5 (2.1) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | — |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 6.3 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0a |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0a |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Mar 6th, 2003 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce FX |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Launch price | — | 299 USD |
| Interface | — | AGP 8x |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 4 Ti |
| Successor | — | GeForce 6 AGP |
