Radeon R7 M350 2GB vs GeForce GTX 285 X2
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GT200B | Litho |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 17 June 2009 (16 years ago) | 5 May 2015 (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 | 240 ×2 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 648 MHz | 825 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 950 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 315 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 51.84 ×2 | 19.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7085 TFLOPS ×2 | 0.6336 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 ×2 | 8 |
| TMUs | 80 ×2 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 96 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
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 x8 |
| Length | 275 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 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 | 2 GB ×2 | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit ×2 | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1152 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 147.5 GB/s ×2 | 64 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.5 (5.1) |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.1 (1.2) |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.170 |
| CUDA | 1.3 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 June 2009 | 5 May 2015 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 28 nm |
R7 M350 2GB has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 285 X2 and Radeon R7 M350 2GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 285 X2 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon R7 M350 2GB is a notebook one.
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