AMD Radeon R7 M350 vs AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M350 and AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R7 M350

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M350

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 24.36 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
3.9x better floating-point performance: 779.5 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.36 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	779.5 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1334 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1681 vs 722
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1681 vs 722
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3290 vs 3227
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3290 vs 3227

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1681 vs 722
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1681 vs 722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290 vs 3227
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290 vs 3227

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M350
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

722

1681

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

722

1681

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3227

3290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3227

3290

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M350	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1186
PassMark - G2D Mark	238
Geekbench - OpenCL	6763
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	722	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	722	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3227	3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3227	3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1830
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1830

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M350	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Meso	Caicos
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1154	1155
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	825 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	779.5 gflops	200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	160
Texture fill rate	24.36 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	370 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		19 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1334 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore