Radeon 620 vs GeForce 945M

Place in performance ranking	575	814
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.72	0.34
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GM107	Polaris 24
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2015 (9 years ago)	12 August 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	$163	$67

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce 945M has 700% better value for money than Radeon 620.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	384
Core clock speed	928 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1045 MHz	1024 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	40.80	24.58
Floating-point performance	953.9 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 945M and Radeon 620 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	DDR3	DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	14.4 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 Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost	2.0	no data
Optimus	+	no data
GameWorks	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.3
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

GeForce 945M 5.46
+135%

Radeon 620 2.32

GeForce 945M outperforms Radeon 620 by 135% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GeForce 945M 2108
+135%

Radeon 620 897

GeForce 945M outperforms Radeon 620 by 135% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GeForce 945M 2850
+64.7%

Radeon 620 1730

GeForce 945M outperforms Radeon 620 by 65% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD

27
+170%

10−12

−170%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Battlefield 5	14−16	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Metro Exodus	12−14 +140%	5−6 −140%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Battlefield 5	14−16	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Metro Exodus	12−14 +140%	5−6 −140%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	no data
Far Cry 5	8−9	no data
Forza Horizon 4	9−10	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Metro Exodus	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5	no data
Hitman 3	2−3	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4	no data
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7	no data
Metro Exodus	7−8	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	no data