Radeon HD 8950 OEM vs GeForce MX350

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking536not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency25.36no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGP107Tahiti
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 February 2020 (4 years ago)8 January 2013 (11 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 cores6401792
Core clock speed747 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed937 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate29.98103.6
Floating-point processing power1.199 TFLOPS3.315 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs32112

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB3 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth56.06 GB/s240.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 February 2020 8 January 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 200 Watt

GeForce MX350 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

HD 8950 OEM, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX350 and Radeon HD 8950 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce MX350 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 8950 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce MX350
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