GeForce 305M vs Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L)

Place in the ranking	1191	1262
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	1.92
Architecture	GCN 1.1 (2014)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	Beema/Mullins	GT218
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	29 April 2014 (10 years ago)	10 January 2010 (15 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	128	16
Core clock speed	300 MHz	525 MHz
Boost clock speed	600 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	260 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	14 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	4.200
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.0368 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	no data	55
ROPs	no data	4
TMUs	no data	8

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).

Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16

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	no data	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	no data	Up to 512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	Up to 700 (DDR3), Up to 700 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	11.2 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 data	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Power management

no data

8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 12_0)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	no data	4.1
OpenGL	no data	2.1
OpenCL	no data	1.1
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.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Fortnite	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
World of Tanks	18−20 +28.6%	14−16 −28.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
World of Tanks	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Valorant	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L) is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L) is ahead in 13 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 19 tests (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.66	0.39
Recency	29 April 2014	10 January 2010
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm

R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L) has a 69.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 305M in performance tests.

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