NVIDIA GeForce MX350 vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX350 and AMD Radeon R9 260 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.

NVIDIA GeForce MX350

AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX350

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 1100 MHz
762.7x more texture fill rate: 46.98 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 85 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 971
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 1980
3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 971
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 1980

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	1354 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	46.98 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 85 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 1980

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Around 40% higher pipelines: 896 vs 640
3.7x more memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective)
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3048 vs 2808
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 508 vs 236

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	896 vs 640
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz vs 1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3048 vs 2808
PassMark - G2D Mark	508 vs 236

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX350
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2808

3048

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

236

508

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

971

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

971

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

1980

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX350	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	2808	3048
PassMark - G2D Mark	236	508
Geekbench - OpenCL	13574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4655
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4655
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	1980
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1247

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX350	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP107	Bonaire
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	669	665
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1468 MHz
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	1100 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	896
Pixel fill rate	23.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	46.98 GTexel/s	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	3300 million	2,080 million
Floating-point performance		1,971 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		183 mm
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	56.06 GB/s	104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective)	6500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5