NVIDIA GeForce MX350 vs AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX350 and AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX350

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 58% higher boost clock speed: 1468 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • 1578.6x more texture fill rate: 46.98 GTexel/s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2807 vs 1457
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4655 vs 3112
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3168
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4655 vs 3112
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3168
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed 1354 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1468 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate 46.98 GTexel/s vs 29.76 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 512
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2807 vs 1457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4655 vs 3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4655 vs 3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3346

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

  • 2.6x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective)
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 394 vs 241
  • 3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 40722 vs 12508
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz vs 1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 394 vs 241
Geekbench - OpenCL 40722 vs 12508

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX350
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2807
1457
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
241
394
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12508
40722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4655
3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4655
3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3346
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX350 AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 2807 1457
PassMark - G2D Mark 241 394
Geekbench - OpenCL 12508 40722
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4655 3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4655 3112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 3168
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1247

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX350 AMD Radeon R9 255 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Cape Verde
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 21 December 2013
Place in performance rating 681 601
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1468 MHz 930 MHz
Core clock speed 1354 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 58.72 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 29.36 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 1.879 TFLOPS
Pipelines 640 512
Pixel fill rate 23.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 46.98 GTexel/s 29.76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 3300 million 1,500 million
Floating-point performance 952.3 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 56.06 GB/s 73.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective) 4600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5