GeForce 920M vs Radeon R9 M270X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 920M and Radeon R9 M270X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 920M and Radeon R9 M270X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

GeForce 920M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce 920M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce 920M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 920M Radeon R9 M270X
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce 920M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 M270X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 920M and Radeon R9 M270X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • GeForce 920M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 M270X - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 920M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R9 M270X - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 920M is 229 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M270X.
  • GeForce 920M and Radeon R9 M270X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 920M is 675 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M270X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 6−7
ultra / 1080p 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 16−18
medium / 1080p 0−1 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M270X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1600% more, than GeForce 920M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 920M Radeon R9 M270X
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name N16V-GM-S Venus
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 27 January 2015 21 March 2014
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 954 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 775 MHz
Transistor count 915 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 30.53 31.00
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 1,536 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 40 Mh/s
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 10
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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