XGI Volari V8 Ultra vs Radeon HD 8350G
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1144 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.57 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | XG4 (2003−2005) |
| GPU code name | Scrapper Lite | XG40 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 12 March 2013 (11 years ago) | 15 September 2003 (21 year 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 cores | 128 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 514 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 720 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 110 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 5.760 | 2.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1843 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
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 | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | IGP | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
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 | System Shared | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 16 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 9.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 March 2013 | 15 September 2003 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 130 nm |
HD 8350G has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8350G and XGI Volari V8 Ultra. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 8350G is a notebook card while XGI Volari V8 Ultra is a desktop one.
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