GRID M6 8Q vs Radeon R9 M270X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M6 8Q 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 GRID M6 8Q 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.
GRID M6 8Q
Radeon R9 M270X

Main Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon R9 M270X
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
 
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GRID M6 8Q has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M270X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID M6 8Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 M270X - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M270X is 3 MHz higher, than GRID M6 8Q.
  • GRID M6 8Q and Radeon R9 M270X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M6 8Q is 3887 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M270X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 6−7
ultra / 1080p 10−11 4−5
QHD / 1440p 5−6 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 16−18
medium / 1080p 21−24 8−9
The average gaming FPS of GRID M6 8Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 144% more, than Radeon R9 M270X.

Full Specs

  GRID M6 8Q Radeon R9 M270X
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GM204 Venus
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 30 August 2015 21 March 2014
Pipelines 1536 640
Core clock speed 722 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 775 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 69.31 31.00
Floating-point performance 2,218 gflops 1,536 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s 72 GB/s
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 10