HD Graphics 500 vs Radeon R7 350

Place in the ranking	621	1172
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.90	8.78
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	Apollo Lake GT1
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	6 July 2016 (8 years ago)	1 September 2015 (9 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	96
Core clock speed	800 MHz	200 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	650 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	25.60	7.800
Floating-point processing power	0.8192 TFLOPS	0.1248 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	2
TMUs	32	12

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 3.0 x16	Ring Bus
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	DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3

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	70−75 +600%	10 −600%
1440p	7−8 +600%	1 −600%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Valorant	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	6 +0%	6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Valorant	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	5 +0%	5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Valorant	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1 +0%	1 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

This is how R7 350 and HD Graphics 500 compete in popular games:

R7 350 is 600% faster in 1080p
R7 350 is 600% faster in 1440p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 35 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.11	0.71
Recency	6 July 2016	1 September 2015
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	10 Watt

R7 350 has a 619.7% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 10 months.

HD Graphics 500, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 450% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 350 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 350 is a desktop card while HD Graphics 500 is a notebook one.

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