Radeon R7 350 vs GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile

Place in the ranking	303	608
Place by popularity	68	not in top-100
Power efficiency	25.53	7.02
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	TU117	Cape Verde
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 April 2020 (4 years ago)	6 July 2016 (8 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	1024	512
Core clock speed	1380 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,700 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	55 Watt
Texture fill rate	99.84	25.60
Floating-point processing power	3.195 TFLOPS	0.8192 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	64	32

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	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	72 GB/s
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	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.5	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.140	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5	-

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	59 +269%	16−18 −269%
1440p	36 +260%	10−12 −260%
4K	23 +283%	6−7 −283%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	38 +280%	10−11 −280%
Cyberpunk 2077	52 +271%	14−16 −271%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	66 +267%	18−20 −267%
Counter-Strike 2	32 +256%	9−10 −256%
Cyberpunk 2077	35 +250%	10−11 −250%
Forza Horizon 4	79 +276%	21−24 −276%
Forza Horizon 5	60 +233%	18−20 −233%
Metro Exodus	55 +244%	16−18 −244%
Red Dead Redemption 2	71 +238%	21−24 −238%
Valorant	83 +246%	24−27 −246%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	72 +243%	21−24 −243%
Counter-Strike 2	27 +238%	8−9 −238%
Cyberpunk 2077	28 +250%	8−9 −250%
Dota 2	72 +243%	21−24 −243%
Far Cry 5	62 +244%	18−20 −244%
Fortnite	95−100 +267%	27−30 −267%
Forza Horizon 4	64 +256%	18−20 −256%
Forza Horizon 5	34 +240%	10−11 −240%
Grand Theft Auto V	59 +269%	16−18 −269%
Metro Exodus	40 +233%	12−14 −233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	165 +267%	45−50 −267%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27 +238%	8−9 −238%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +263%	16−18 −263%
Valorant	47 +236%	14−16 −236%
World of Tanks	130 +271%	35−40 −271%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	56 +250%	16−18 −250%
Counter-Strike 2	23 +283%	6−7 −283%
Cyberpunk 2077	25 +257%	7−8 −257%
Dota 2	89 +271%	24−27 −271%
Far Cry 5	73 +248%	21−24 −248%
Forza Horizon 4	55 +244%	16−18 −244%
Forza Horizon 5	39 +290%	10−11 −290%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +263%	35−40 −263%
Valorant	75−80 +257%	21−24 −257%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	27−30 +263%	8−9 −263%
Grand Theft Auto V	27−30 +263%	8−9 −263%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 +234%	50−55 −234%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +240%	5−6 −240%
World of Tanks	120−130 +263%	35−40 −263%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	37 +270%	10−11 −270%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +244%	9−10 −244%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 +275%	4−5 −275%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +243%	14−16 −243%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +236%	14−16 −236%
Forza Horizon 5	23 +283%	6−7 −283%
Metro Exodus	39 +290%	10−11 −290%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +271%	7−8 −271%
Valorant	45−50 +236%	14−16 −236%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +275%	4−5 −275%
Dota 2	30−35 +244%	9−10 −244%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 +244%	9−10 −244%
Metro Exodus	12 +300%	3−4 −300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	47 +236%	14−16 −236%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +244%	9−10 −244%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	17 +240%	5−6 −240%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +275%	4−5 −275%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 +500%	1−2 −500%
Dota 2	45 +275%	12−14 −275%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Fortnite	23 +283%	6−7 −283%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +238%	8−9 −238%
Forza Horizon 5	13 +333%	3−4 −333%
Valorant	21−24 +267%	6−7 −267%

This is how GTX 1650 Mobile and R7 350 compete in popular games:

GTX 1650 Mobile is 269% faster in 1080p
GTX 1650 Mobile is 260% faster in 1440p
GTX 1650 Mobile is 283% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.51	5.60
Recency	15 April 2020	6 July 2016
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	55 Watt

GTX 1650 Mobile has a 230.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 10% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 350 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon R7 350 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.