ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4350 vs GeForce 9800M GS
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 1001 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | G9x (2007−2010) | Terascale 1 (2008−2010) |
| GPU code name | NB9E-GS1 | M92 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 November 2008 (15 years ago) | 9 January 2009 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 64 | 80 |
| CUDA cores | 64 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 530 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | 242 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 16.96 | 3.600 |
| Floating-point performance | 0.1696 gflops | 0.072 gflops |
| Gigaflops | 254 | no data |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | 9.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 November 2008 | 9 January 2009 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
9800M GS has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
ATI Mobility HD 4350, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800M GS and Mobility Radeon HD 4350. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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