Radeon R7 350 vs R9 285

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 285 and Radeon R7 350, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 285
2014
2 GB GDDR5, 190 Watt
17.34
+210%

R9 285 outperforms R7 350 by a whopping 210% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking315603
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.76no data
Power efficiency6.266.97
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameTongaCape Verde
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 September 2014 (10 years ago)6 July 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1792512
Core clock speed918 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt55 Watt
Texture fill rate102.825.60
Floating-point processing power3.29 TFLOPS0.8192 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs11232

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 3.0 x16
Length221 mm168 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth176.0 GB/s72 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.21x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.11.2
Vulkan1.2.1701.2.131

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.34 5.59
Recency 2 September 2014 6 July 2016
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 55 Watt

R9 285 has a 210.2% higher aggregate performance score.

R7 350, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 245.5% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 285 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 350 in performance tests.


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