NVIDIA GeForce MX350 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX350 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support, Technologies. 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX350

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 1296 MHz
974.7x more texture fill rate: 46.98 GTexel/s vs 48.2 billion / sec
2.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 240
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
11.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 236 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 58% higher memory clock speed: 1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective) vs 1107 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2806 vs 1299
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 241 vs 62
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 2697
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3325
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 2697
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3325

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 16 June 2008
Core clock speed	1354 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Texture fill rate	46.98 GTexel/s vs 48.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 236 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective) vs 1107 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2806 vs 1299
PassMark - G2D Mark	241 vs 62
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Around 71% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21396 vs 12508

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	21396 vs 12508

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX350
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2806

1299

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

241

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12508

21396

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

2697

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3325

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

2697

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3325

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX350	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
PassMark - G3D Mark	2806	1299
PassMark - G2D Mark	241	62
Geekbench - OpenCL	12508	21396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4655
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4655
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1247

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX350	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GP107	GT200
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	681	1051
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$522.78
Value for money (0-100)		2.98
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1468 MHz
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	1296 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 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	240
Pixel fill rate	23.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	46.98 GTexel/s	48.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	236 Watt
Transistor count	3300 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		240
Floating-point performance		622.1 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin & 8-pin
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	56.06 GB/s	141.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz (7008 MHz effective)	1107 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
API support
DirectX		10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI