Radeon R9 FURY X2 vs GeForce 945A

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking703not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.33no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGM108Capsaicin
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date13 March 2015 (10 years ago)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 cores3844096
Core clock speed1006 MHz1050 MHz
Boost clock speed1189 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Wattno data
Texture fill rate28.54268.8
Floating-point processing power0.9132 TFLOPSno data
ROPs864
TMUs24256
L1 Cache192 KBno data
L2 Cache1024 KBno data

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 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeGDDR5HBM
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1000 MBps
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/s512.0 GB/s

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 outputs1x HDMI 1.4a, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.170
CUDA5.0-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB

R9 FURY X2 has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 945A and Radeon R9 FURY X2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 945A is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R9 FURY X2 is a desktop one.

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NVIDIA GeForce 945A
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