GeForce GT 735M vs Radeon R7 (Carrizo)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 (Carrizo) and GeForce GT 735M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
2.01
+18.9%

R7 (Carrizo) outperforms GT 735M by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking891937
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.943.51
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameCarrizoGK208
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2015 (9 years ago)1 April 2013 (11 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 cores512384
Core clock speedno data575 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz889 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million915 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt33 Watt
Texture fill rateno data18.40
Floating-point processing powerno data0.4416 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data32

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 Express 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8

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 typeno dataDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Standard memory configurationno dataDDR3
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 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 dataNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
LVDS signal supportno dataUp to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display supportno dataUp to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportno dataUp to 3840x2160
HDMI-+
HDCP content protection-+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI-+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming-+

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support-+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder-+
Optimus-+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 API
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-1.1.126
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.

R7 (Carrizo) 2.01
+18.9%
GT 735M 1.69

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R7 (Carrizo) 1792
+4.6%
GT 735M 1713

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

R7 (Carrizo) 5200
GT 735M 5688
+9.4%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R7 (Carrizo) 1137
+11.1%
GT 735M 1024

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R7 (Carrizo) 7431
+10%
GT 735M 6757

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:

900p18−21
+5.9%
17
−5.9%
Full HD10
−100%
20
+100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+6.3%
16−18
−6.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+2.9%
30−35
−2.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+6.3%
16−18
−6.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+2.9%
30−35
−2.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Hitman 3 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+6.3%
16−18
−6.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+2.9%
30−35
−2.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

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

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

This is how R7 (Carrizo) and GT 735M compete in popular games:

  • R7 (Carrizo) is 6% faster in 900p
  • GT 735M is 100% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R7 (Carrizo) is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R7 (Carrizo) is ahead in 30 tests (59%)
  • there's a draw in 21 test (41%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.01 1.69
Recency 4 June 2015 1 April 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 33 Watt

R7 (Carrizo) has a 18.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 175% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 (Carrizo) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 735M in performance tests.


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