GeForce 305M vs Radeon HD 8750M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 8750M and GeForce 305M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD 8750M
2013
1 GB GDDR5
2.62
+572%

HD 8750M outperforms 305M by a whopping 572% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8151258
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.94
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameMarsGT218
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date26 February 2013 (11 years ago)10 January 2010 (14 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 cores38416
Core clock speed670 MHz525 MHz
Boost clock speed775 MHzno data
Number of transistors950 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data14 Watt
Texture fill rate16.084.200
Floating-point processing power0.5146 TFLOPS0.0368 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data55
ROPs84
TMUs248

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GBUp to 512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHzUp to 700 (DDR3), Up to 700 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s11.2 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentDisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.5 (5.1)4.1
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL2.1 (1.2)1.1
Vulkan1.2.170N/A
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 8750M 2.62
+572%
GeForce 305M 0.39

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 8750M 1010
+573%
GeForce 305M 150

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p23
+667%
3−4
−667%
Full HD20
+900%
2−3
−900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Hitman 3 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+150%
8−9
−150%
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+35.7%
27−30
−35.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Hitman 3 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+150%
8−9
−150%
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+35.7%
27−30
−35.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Hitman 3 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+150%
8−9
−150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+35.7%
27−30
−35.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

This is how HD 8750M and GeForce 305M compete in popular games:

  • HD 8750M is 667% faster in 900p
  • HD 8750M is 900% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 8750M is 250% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, HD 8750M surpassed GeForce 305M in all 29 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.62 0.39
Recency 26 February 2013 10 January 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

HD 8750M has a 571.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 8750M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 305M in performance tests.


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