AMD Radeon R8 M350DX vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M350DX and NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 955 MHz vs 837 MHz
5.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19471 vs 3333

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 December 2015 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed	955 MHz vs 837 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	19471 vs 3333

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3133 vs 1843
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3133 vs 1843
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 1662
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 1662

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3133 vs 1843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3133 vs 1843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 1662
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 1662

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M350DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1843

3133

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1843

3133

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19471

3333

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1662

3352

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1662

3352

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1843	3133
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1843	3133
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1330	0
Geekbench - OpenCL	19471	3333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1662	3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1662	3352
PassMark - G3D Mark		1093
PassMark - G2D Mark		176
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.489
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		202.905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		8.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		19.323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2255
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2255

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Jet	GK107
Launch date	12 December 2015	1 April 2013
Place in performance rating	1276	1279
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	955 MHz	837 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,270 million
Floating-point performance		642.8 gflops
Pipelines		384
Texture fill rate		26.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Memory type		DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		DDR3 / GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus