GeForce 945A vs Radeon HD 6930
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 6930 and GeForce 945A, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
HD 6930 outperforms GeForce 945A by an impressive 50% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 512 | 608 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | Maxwell (2014−2018) |
| GPU code name | Cayman | GM108 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 December 2011 (12 years ago) | 13 March 2015 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $180 | no data |
| Current price | $11.99 (0.1x MSRP) | no data |
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 | 1280 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 1072 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1189 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,640 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 186 Watt | 33 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 60.00 | 28.54 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,920.0 gflops | 903.2 gflops |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 220 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | MXM Module |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | 5012 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 153.6 GB/s | 40.1 GB/s |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | no data | 5.0 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 7.20 | 4.80 |
| Recency | 1 December 2011 | 13 March 2015 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 186 Watt | 33 Watt |
The Radeon HD 6930 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 945A in performance tests.
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