Radeon R7 M350 2GB vs CMP 170HX 8 GB
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GA100 | Litho |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 September 2021 (4 years ago) | 5 May 2015 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $4,299 | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4480 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 1140 MHz | 825 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1410 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 54,200 million | 950 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 394.8 | 19.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 12.63 TFLOPS | 0.6336 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 128 | 8 |
| TMUs | 280 | 24 |
| Tensor Cores | 280 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 13.1 MB | 96 KB |
| L2 Cache | 8 MB | 128 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Width | IGP | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | HBM2e | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1458 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.49 TB/s | 64 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | N/A | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | N/A | 6.5 (5.1) |
| OpenGL | N/A | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.1 (1.2) |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.170 |
| CUDA | 8.0 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 September 2021 | 5 May 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 28 nm |
CMP 170HX 8 GB has an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between CMP 170HX 8 GB and Radeon R7 M350 2GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that CMP 170HX 8 GB is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R7 M350 2GB is a notebook one.
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