Radeon HD 7950M vs GeForce 845M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking773not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.38no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGM108Wimbledon
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date26 August 2015 (10 years ago)24 April 2012 (13 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 cores3841280
Core clock speed1071 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed1176 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate37.6356.00
Floating-point processing power0.9032 TFLOPS1.792 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3280
L1 Cache192 KB320 KB
L2 Cache1024 KB512 KB

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 sizedlarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8MXM-B (3.0)

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 width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/s128.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 August 2015 24 April 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 75 Watt

GeForce 845M has an age advantage of 3 years, and 67% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 845M and Radeon HD 7950M. We've got no test results to judge.

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