Radeon R9 290X2 vs R7 M350

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking770not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.01no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameMesoHawaii
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 years ago)24 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,399

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 cores3842816
Compute units6no data
Core clock speed1000 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed825 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,550 million6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt580 Watt
Texture fill rate24.36176.0
Floating-point processing power0.7795 TFLOPS5.632 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs24176

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data4x 8-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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1350 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s345.6 GB/s

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity+-
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_0)
Shader Model6.56.3
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 May 2015 24 June 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 580 Watt

R7 M350 has an age advantage of 10 months, and 1557.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M350 and Radeon R9 290X2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 M350 is a notebook card while Radeon R9 290X2 is a desktop one.


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