AMD Radeon R8 M350DX vs NVIDIA GeForce3

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M350DX and NVIDIA GeForce3 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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.

AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

NVIDIA GeForce3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 9 month(s) later
4.8x more core clock speed: 955 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm

Launch date	12 December 2015 vs 27 February 2001
Core clock speed	955 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M350DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	NVIDIA GeForce3
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1843
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1330
Geekbench - OpenCL	19471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1662
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1662
PassMark - G3D Mark		5
PassMark - G2D Mark		120

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	NVIDIA GeForce3
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kelvin
Code name	Jet	NV20 A5
Launch date	12 December 2015	27 February 2001
Place in performance rating	1276	1275
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	955 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Transistor count	1,040 million	57 million
Texture fill rate		1.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	AGP 4x
Length		165 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	8.0
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		3.68 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		230 MHz
Memory type		SDR