Radeon R7 350 vs GeForce GTX 280

Place in performance ranking	702	570
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.25	0.82
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GT200	Cape Verde
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 June 2008 (16 years ago)	6 July 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	no data
Current price	$159 (0.2x MSRP)	$142

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 350 has 228% better value for money than GTX 280.

Detailed specifications

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	240	512
CUDA cores	240	no data
Core clock speed	602 MHz	800 MHz
Number of transistors	1,400 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	236 Watt	55 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	48.2 billion/sec	25.60
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops	819.2 gflops

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	168 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	None
SLI options	+	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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1107 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	141.7 GB/s	72 GB/s

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	HDTVDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.36	5.58
Recency	16 June 2008	6 July 2016
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	236 Watt	55 Watt