AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 vs NVIDIA GeForce 945M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 and NVIDIA GeForce 945M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1029 MHz
  • Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1085 MHz
  • 12.9x more texture fill rate: 384.0 GTexel / s vs 29.81 GTexel / s
  • 8x more pipelines: 4096 vs 512
  • 12.9x better floating-point performance: 12,288 gflops vs 953.9 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6958 vs 2961
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6958 vs 2961
  • 8.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70814 vs 8099
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2017 vs 27 October 2015
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Boost clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1085 MHz
Texture fill rate 384.0 GTexel / s vs 29.81 GTexel / s
Pipelines 4096 vs 512
Floating-point performance 12,288 gflops vs 953.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6958 vs 2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6958 vs 2961
Geekbench - OpenCL 70814 vs 8099

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

  • 4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1704 MHz
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 1634
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 1634
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3343 vs 1846
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3343 vs 1846
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1704 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 vs 1634
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 vs 1634
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 vs 1846
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 vs 1846

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI25
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 945M

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6958
2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6958
2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1634
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1634
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1846
3343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1846
3343
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
70814
8099
Name AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6958 2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6958 2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1634 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1634 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1846 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1846 3343
Geekbench - OpenCL 70814 8099
PassMark - G3D Mark 2109
PassMark - G2D Mark 240
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 380.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.094

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 NVIDIA GeForce 945M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Maxwell
Code name Vega 10 GM107
Launch date 27 June 2017 27 October 2015
Place in performance rating 571 961
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1500 MHz 1085 MHz
Core clock speed 1400 MHz 1029 MHz
Floating-point performance 12,288 gflops 953.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 4096 512
Texture fill rate 384.0 GTexel / s 29.81 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 1,870 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 482.8 GB / s 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1704 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type HBM2 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus