Arc 3 A350M vs Radeon R5 M255

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1005not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameTopazDG2-128
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 October 2014 (10 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 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 cores384768
Compute units5no data
Core clock speed925 MHzno data
Boost clock speed940 MHz1150 MHz
Number of transistors1,550 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data25 Watt
Texture fill rate22.5655.20
Floating-point processing power0.7219 TFLOPS1.766 TFLOPS
ROPs824
TMUs2448

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 supportPCIe 3.0 x8no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s96 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
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Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed3.0
Vulkan-1.3
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2014 30 March 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm

Arc 3 A350M has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 M255 and Arc 3 A350M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R5 M255 is a notebook card while Arc 3 A350M is a desktop one.


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