GeForce GTX 950M vs Radeon R7 M270DX

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon R7 M270DX, 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 GeForce GTX 950M stacks up against Radeon R7 M270DX, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 950M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 950M 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 GTX 950M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 950M Radeon R7 M270DX
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 IGP
Memory type DDR3 or GDDR5 System Shared
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 950M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R7 M270DX uses IGP interface.
  • GeForce GTX 950M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 M270DX - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 950M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 M270DX - with GCN 3.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 950M is 14 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M270DX.
  • GeForce GTX 950M and Radeon R7 M270DX are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 2−3
ultra / 1080p 8−9 0−1
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 12−14
medium / 1080p 16−18 3−4
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 216% more, than Radeon R7 M270DX.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 950M Radeon R7 M270DX
Architecture Maxwell GCN 3.0
Code name N16P-GT Topaz
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 12 March 2015 11 June 2014
Pipelines 640 384
Core clock speed 914 MHz 900 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 940 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.96 22.56
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32 or 80 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 140 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 2.5 Mh/s
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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