Radeon R7 350X OEM vs GeForce 830M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking811not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.50no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGM108Oland
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 March 2014 (10 years ago)5 May 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores256384
Core clock speed1082 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHz1050 MHz
Number of transistorsno data950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate18.4025.20
Floating-point processing power0.5888 TFLOPS0.8064 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs1624

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x8
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s32 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 March 2014 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 65 Watt

GeForce 830M has 97% lower power consumption.

R7 350X OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 830M and Radeon R7 350X OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 830M is a notebook card while Radeon R7 350X OEM is a desktop one.


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