AMD Radeon R7 M350 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M350 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon R7 M350

NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M350

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 837 MHz
Around 21% better floating-point performance: 779.5 gflops vs 642.8 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 26 August 2013
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 837 MHz
Floating-point performance	779.5 gflops vs 642.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 26.78 GTexel / s vs 24.36 GTexel / s
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1228 vs 1093
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 322 vs 216
3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19809 vs 5991

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	26.78 GTexel / s vs 24.36 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1228 vs 1093
PassMark - G2D Mark	322 vs 216
Geekbench - OpenCL	19809 vs 5991

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M350
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1093

1228

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

216

322

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5991

19809

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M350	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
PassMark - G3D Mark	1093	1228
PassMark - G2D Mark	216	322
Geekbench - OpenCL	5991	19809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	722
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3227
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3227
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1830
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1830
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		278.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		14.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		25.74

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M350	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Kepler
Code name	Meso	GK107
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	26 August 2013
Place in performance rating	1192	1194
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	825 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	837 MHz
Floating-point performance	779.5 gflops	642.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	24.36 GTexel / s	26.78 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 million	1,270 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		33 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore