Radeon RX 5700 XT vs R7 350

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 350 and Radeon RX 5700 XT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 350
2016
2 GB GDDR5, 55 Watt
5.59

RX 5700 XT outperforms R7 350 by a whopping 667% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking60389
Place by popularitynot in top-10056
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data47.01
Power efficiency6.9713.07
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameCape VerdeNavi 10
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 July 2016 (8 years ago)7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores5122560
Core clock speed800 MHz1605 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1905 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate25.60304.8
Floating-point processing power0.8192 TFLOPS9.754 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs32160

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length168 mm272 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s448.0 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+
Multi Monitorno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.131+

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:

Full HD16−18
−681%
125
+681%
1440p9−10
−744%
76
+744%
4K5−6
−800%
45
+800%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.19
1440pno data5.25
4Kno data8.87

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 78
+0%
78
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 76
+0%
76
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 110
+0%
110
+0%
Battlefield 5 199
+0%
199
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 118
+0%
118
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+0%
78
+0%
Far Cry 5 125
+0%
125
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 118
+0%
118
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 298
+0%
298
+0%
Hitman 3 84
+0%
84
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 313
+0%
313
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 115
+0%
115
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 259
+0%
259
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 154
+0%
154
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 91
+0%
91
+0%
Battlefield 5 165
+0%
165
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 107
+0%
107
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 75
+0%
75
+0%
Far Cry 5 101
+0%
101
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 108
+0%
108
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 283
+0%
283
+0%
Hitman 3 86
+0%
86
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 294
+0%
294
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 97
+0%
97
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 193
+0%
193
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 248
+0%
248
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 62
+0%
62
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 78
+0%
78
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80
+0%
80
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 67
+0%
67
+0%
Far Cry 5 73
+0%
73
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 148
+0%
148
+0%
Hitman 3 83
+0%
83
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 135
+0%
135
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 171
+0%
171
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 93
+0%
93
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 67
+0%
67
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 108
+0%
108
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 126
+0%
126
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 84
+0%
84
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 53
+0%
53
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 59
+0%
59
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 58
+0%
58
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 40
+0%
40
+0%
Far Cry 5 59
+0%
59
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 273
+0%
273
+0%
Hitman 3 59
+0%
59
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 104
+0%
104
+0%
Metro Exodus 104
+0%
104
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 119
+0%
119
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 241
+0%
241
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 79
+0%
79
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 56
+0%
56
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 44
+0%
44
+0%
Hitman 3 45
+0%
45
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 121
+0%
121
+0%
Metro Exodus 65
+0%
65
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 54
+0%
54
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35
+0%
35
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 33
+0%
33
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
+0%
33
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 17
+0%
17
+0%
Far Cry 5 30
+0%
30
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 79
+0%
79
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 71
+0%
71
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 13
+0%
13
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40
+0%
40
+0%

This is how R7 350 and RX 5700 XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 5700 XT is 681% faster in 1080p
  • RX 5700 XT is 744% faster in 1440p
  • RX 5700 XT is 800% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.59 42.90
Recency 6 July 2016 7 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 225 Watt

R7 350 has 309.1% lower power consumption.

RX 5700 XT, on the other hand, has a 667.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 350 in performance tests.


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