NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS vs AMD Radeon HD 7350M

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	1008	not rated
Value for money	0.02	no data
Architecture	G8x (2007−2008)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	NB9P-GS1	Robson Pro
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	13 March 2008 (14 years ago)	1 July 2012 (9 years ago)
Price now	$180	$338

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	32	no data
CUDA cores	32	no data
Core clock speed	625 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	289 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	29 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	10.00	4.000
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	80 gflops

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on GeForce 9650M GS and Radeon HD 7350M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR2?, GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

No outputs

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	no data
Shader Model	4.0	5.0
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	1.1	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Novelty	13 March 2008	1 July 2012
Chip lithography	80 nm	40 nm

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