NVIDIA GeForce 945M
VS
AMD Radeon R7 250
NVIDIA GeForce 945M
VS
AMD Radeon R7 250

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 945M and AMD Radeon R7 250. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

488
Place in performance rating
599
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Value for money (0-100)
22.79
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN
GM107
Code name
Oland
Laptop
Type
Desktop
12 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
1 October 2013 (8 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$89
$163
Price now
$117 (1.3x MSRP)
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Design
reference
4.20
Value for money
1.00
GM107
GPU code name
Oland XT
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 945M and AMD Radeon R7 250 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
384
928 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
1020 MHz
Boost Clock
1050 MHz
1,870 million
Transistor count
950 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
40.80
Texture fill rate
25.20
953.9 gflops
Floating-point performance
716.8 gflops
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1045 MHz
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
1,870 million
Number of transistors
950 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 945M and AMD Radeon R7 250.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
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Length
168 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
N/A
medium sized
Laptop size
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 945M and AMD Radeon R7 250 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1150 MHz
28.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 945M and AMD Radeon R7 250, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 945M and AMD Radeon R7 250 is the additional functionality.

2.0
GPU Boost
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+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
+
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
-
no data
PowerTune
-
no data
TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
no data
DDMA audio
+
no data
Enduro
-

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 945M and AMD Radeon R7 250. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 945M and AMD Radeon R7 250 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 945M or AMD Radeon R7 250 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 945M
AMD Radeon R7 250
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 945M
AMD Radeon R7 250
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 945M
AMD Radeon R7 250
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 945M
AMD Radeon R7 250
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 945M
AMD Radeon R7 250
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 945M

4.33% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 384)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 250

Cheaper ($117 (1.3x MSRP) vs $163)

More memory bandwidth (72 GB/s vs 28.8 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 945M or AMD Radeon R7 250?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 945M .

NVIDIA GeForce 945M versus AMD Radeon R7 250 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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