GeForce G205M vs Radeon R7 350

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 350 with GeForce G205M, including specs and performance data.

R7 350
2016
2 GB GDDR5, 55 Watt
5.59
+2229%

R7 350 outperforms G205M by a whopping 2229% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6031367
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.971.18
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameCape VerdeC79
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 July 2016 (8 years ago)8 January 2009 (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 cores51216
Core clock speed800 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt14 Watt
Texture fill rate25.603.600
Floating-point processing power0.8192 TFLOPS0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs328

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 1.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1125 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth72 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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 5.59 0.24
Recency 6 July 2016 8 January 2009
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 14 Watt

R7 350 has a 2229.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce G205M, on the other hand, has 292.9% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 350 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce G205M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 350 is a desktop card while GeForce G205M is a notebook one.


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