Radeon R5 220 OEM vs GeForce GT 735M

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking934not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.52no data
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGK208Cedar
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 April 2013 (11 years ago)21 December 2013 (10 years ago)

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 cores38480
Core clock speed575 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed889 MHzno data
Number of transistors915 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate18.405.200
Floating-point processing power0.4416 TFLOPS0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs328

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Standard memory configurationDDR3no data
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz533 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s8.528 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI++
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2013 21 December 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 19 Watt

GT 735M has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

R5 220 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 73.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 735M and Radeon R5 220 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 735M is a notebook card while Radeon R5 220 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 735M
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