AMD Radeon R7 M350 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M350 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M350

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
  • Around 31% better floating-point performance: 779.5 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
  • Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6763 vs 4919
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 30 May 2011
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 775 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 192
Floating-point performance 779.5 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1536 MB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 6763 vs 4919

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

  • Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 24.8 billion / sec vs 24.36 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1263 vs 1166
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 233
  • 4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3275 vs 722
  • 4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3275 vs 722
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3341 vs 3227
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3341 vs 3227
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1857 vs 1830
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1857 vs 1830
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 24.8 billion / sec vs 24.36 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1263 vs 1166
PassMark - G2D Mark 262 vs 233
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3275 vs 722
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3275 vs 722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 vs 3227
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 vs 3227
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1857 vs 1830
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1857 vs 1830

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M350
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1166
1263
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
233
262
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6763
4919
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
722
3275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
722
3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3227
3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3227
3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1830
1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1830
1857
Name AMD Radeon R7 M350 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1166 1263
PassMark - G2D Mark 233 262
Geekbench - OpenCL 6763 4919
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 722 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 722 3275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3227 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3227 3341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1830 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1830 1857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.598
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 404.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.123
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M350 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Meso GF116
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 30 May 2011
Place in performance rating 1172 1174
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 825 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 775 MHz
Floating-point performance 779.5 gflops 595.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 192
Texture fill rate 24.36 GTexel / s 24.8 billion / sec
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores 192
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI-E 2.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 12 API
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed 1.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus