AMD Radeon R8 M535DX vs NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M535DX and NVIDIA GeForce 305M 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R8 M535DX

NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M535DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4620 vs 1987
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 182 vs 149
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 670 vs 151

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 10 January 2010
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4620 vs 1987
PassMark - G2D Mark	182 vs 149
PassMark - G3D Mark	670 vs 151

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 780 MHz

Core clock speed	1150 MHz vs 780 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M535DX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4620

1987

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

182

149

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

670

151

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M535DX	NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Geekbench - OpenCL	4620	1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3405
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3405
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
PassMark - G2D Mark	182	149
PassMark - G3D Mark	670	151

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M535DX	NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Meso	GT218
Launch date	18 April 2017	10 January 2010
Place in performance rating	916	1331
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	891 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	1150 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Transistor count	3,100 million	260 million
CUDA cores		16
Floating-point performance		36.8 gflops
Gigaflops		55
Pipelines		16
Texture fill rate		4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		14 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth		11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0