Radeon R4 (Kaveri) vs GeForce GTS 350M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTS 350M and Radeon R4 (Kaveri), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
GTS 350M outperforms R4 (Kaveri) by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1091 | 1132 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.59 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | GCN 1.1 (2014) |
| GPU code name | GT215 | Kaveri |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (14 years ago) | 4 June 2014 (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 cores | 96 | 192 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 533 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 727 million | 2410 Million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 16.00 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.24 TFLOPS | no data |
| Gigaflops | 360 | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | no data |
| TMUs | 32 | no data |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | MXM-II | no data |
| SLI options | + | - |
| MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | 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 | GDDR3 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64/128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 2000 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 Connectors | DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 (FL 12_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
| CUDA | + | - |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 8−9
+14.3%
| 7
−14.3%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
+33.3%
|
3−4
−33.3%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Hitman 3 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 12−14
+8.3%
|
12−14
−8.3%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 30−35
+3.2%
|
30−35
−3.2%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
+33.3%
|
3−4
−33.3%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Hitman 3 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 12−14
+8.3%
|
12−14
−8.3%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
+10%
|
10−11
−10%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 30−35
+3.2%
|
30−35
−3.2%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
+33.3%
|
3−4
−33.3%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Hitman 3 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 12−14
+8.3%
|
12−14
−8.3%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
+10%
|
10−11
−10%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 30−35
+3.2%
|
30−35
−3.2%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 4−5
+33.3%
|
3−4
−33.3%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
+33.3%
|
3−4
−33.3%
|
4K
High Preset
| Far Cry New Dawn | 0−1 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
This is how GTS 350M and R4 (Kaveri) compete in popular games:
- GTS 350M is 14% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTS 350M is 33% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- GTS 350M is ahead in 13 tests (34%)
- there's a draw in 25 tests (66%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.06 | 0.86 |
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 4 June 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
GTS 350M has a 23.3% higher aggregate performance score.
R4 (Kaveri), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce GTS 350M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R4 (Kaveri) in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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