AMD Radeon R7 (Kaveri) vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

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Combined performance score

GT 445M
2.09
+42.2%

GeForce GT 445M outperforms Radeon R7 (Kaveri) by 42% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking825935
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.160.16
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 1.1 (2014)
GPU code nameN11E-GEKaveri
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 September 2010 (13 years old)4 June 2014 (9 years old)
Current price$310 $135
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 445M and R7 (Kaveri) have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

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 cores144512
CUDA cores144no data
Core clock speed590 MHz553 MHz
Boost clock speedno data686 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate10.6 billion/secno data
Floating-point performance339.8 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 445M and Radeon R7 (Kaveri) 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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount3 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth60.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Video outputs and ports

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 outputsno data

API support

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

DirectX12 API12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/Ano data
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.

GT 445M 2.09
+42.2%
R7 (Kaveri) 1.47

GeForce GT 445M outperforms Radeon R7 (Kaveri) by 42% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 445M 5249
+17.1%
R7 (Kaveri) 4483

GeForce GT 445M outperforms Radeon R7 (Kaveri) by 17% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 445M 1148
R7 (Kaveri) 1734
+51%

Radeon R7 (Kaveri) outperforms GeForce GT 445M by 51% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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:

900p19
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Full HD33
+136%
14
−136%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Hitman 3 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+10%
10−11
−10%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Hitman 3 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−60%
8
+60%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Hitman 3 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

This is how GT 445M and R7 (Kaveri) compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GT 445M is 58.3% faster than R7 (Kaveri)

1080p resolution:

  • GT 445M is 136% faster than R7 (Kaveri)

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 445M is 300% faster than the R7 (Kaveri).
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R7 (Kaveri) is 60% faster than the GT 445M.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GT 445M is ahead in 22 tests (69%)
  • R7 (Kaveri) is ahead in 1 test (3%)
  • there's a draw in 9 tests (28%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 2.09 1.47
Recency 3 September 2010 4 June 2014
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

The GeForce GT 445M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 (Kaveri) in performance tests.


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