Radeon R7 M270 vs Tesla M10

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R7 M270 and Tesla M10, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon R7 M270 stacks up against Tesla M10, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R7 M270 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 M270 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 Radeon R7 M270 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon R7 M270 Tesla M10
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type Not Listed GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon R7 M270 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Tesla M10 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R7 M270 is used in Laptops, and Tesla M10 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon R7 M270 is build with GCN architecture, and Tesla M10 - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Tesla M10 is 208 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M270.
  • Radeon R7 M270 and Tesla M10 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 18−20
ultra / 1080p 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 1−2 35−40
medium / 1080p 0−1 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M10 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3600% more, than Radeon R7 M270.

Full Specs

  Radeon R7 M270 Tesla M10
Architecture GCN Maxwell
Code name Opal XT / Mars GM107
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 7 January 2014 18 May 2016
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 825 MHz 1033 MHz
Boost Clock 1306 MHz
Transistor count 950 million 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19.80 52.24
Floating-point performance 633.6 gflops 4x 1,672 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL Not Listed 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size medium sized
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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