Radeon R7 450 OEM vs GeForce 945M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking607not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.07no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGM107Cape Verde
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date27 October 2015 (9 years ago)30 June 2016 (8 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 cores640512
Core clock speed928 MHz925 MHz
Boost clock speed1020 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate40.8029.60
Floating-point processing power1.306 TFLOPS0.9472 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4032

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 supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s72 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.16.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.1 (1.2)
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.170
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 October 2015 30 June 2016
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 65 Watt

R7 450 OEM has an age advantage of 8 months, and 15.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 945M and Radeon R7 450 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 945M is a notebook card while Radeon R7 450 OEM is a desktop one.


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