Arc A730M vs Radeon R7 350

Place in the ranking	673	265
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	7.22	22.57
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	DG2-512
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	6 July 2016 (9 years ago)	2022 (4 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	512	3072
Core clock speed	800 MHz	1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	25.60	393.6
Floating-point processing power	0.8192 TFLOPS	12.6 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	96
TMUs	32	192
Tensor Cores	no data	384
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	24
L1 Cache	128 KB	4.5 MB
L2 Cache	256 KB	12 MB

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	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
DLSS	-	+

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	16−18 −356%	73 +356%
1440p	9−10 −400%	45 +400%
4K	4−5 −450%	22 +450%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	169 +0%	169 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	71 +0%	71 +0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake	94 +0%	94 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	155 +0%	155 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	64 +0%	64 +0%
Far Cry 5	93 +0%	93 +0%
Fortnite	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	86 +0%	86 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	98 +0%	98 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	250−260 +0%	250−260 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	54 +0%	54 +0%
Dota 2	90 +0%	90 +0%
Far Cry 5	86 +0%	86 +0%
Fortnite	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	80 +0%	80 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	72 +0%	72 +0%
Metro Exodus	43 +0%	43 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	110 +0%	110 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	52 +0%	52 +0%
Dota 2	80 +0%	80 +0%
Far Cry 5	81 +0%	81 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45 +0%	45 +0%
Valorant	102 +0%	102 +0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

110−120

+0%

110−120

+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	53 +0%	53 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Valorant	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	31 +0%	31 +0%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

55−60

+0%

55−60

+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	7 +0%	7 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	34 +0%	34 +0%
Metro Exodus	21 +0%	21 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Valorant	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Dota 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Far Cry 5	35 +0%	35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

24−27

+0%

24−27

+0%

This is how R7 350 and Arc A730M compete in popular games:

Arc A730M is 356% faster in 1080p
Arc A730M is 400% faster in 1440p
Arc A730M is 450% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.16	23.45
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	80 Watt

R7 350 has 45.5% lower power consumption.

Arc A730M, on the other hand, has a 354.5% higher aggregate performance score, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A730M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 350 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 350 is a desktop graphics card while Arc A730M is a notebook one.