AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 525 vs 246
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 June 2016 vs 13 March 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 525 vs 246

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 47.04 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
  • Around 59% better floating-point performance: 1,505 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3383 vs 1931
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10898 vs 9800
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 54.294 vs 24.788
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 795.325 vs 638.196
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.692 vs 2.619
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 51.794 vs 41.414
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 174.513 vs 112.347
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 2809
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 3666
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 2809
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 3666
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1096 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.04 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,505 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3383 vs 1931
Geekbench - OpenCL 10898 vs 9800
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.294 vs 24.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 795.325 vs 638.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.692 vs 2.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 51.794 vs 41.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 174.513 vs 112.347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5264 vs 2809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5264 vs 2809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 3666

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1931
3383
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
525
246
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
9800
10898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.788
54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
638.196
795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.619
3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
41.414
51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
112.347
174.513
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2809
5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3666
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2809
5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3666
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3358
Name AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1931 3383
PassMark - G2D Mark 525 246
Geekbench - OpenCL 9800 10898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.788 54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 638.196 795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.619 3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 41.414 51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 112.347 174.513
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2809 5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3666 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2809 5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3666 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1231

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Cape Verde GM107
Launch date 30 June 2016 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 785 773
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 925 MHz 1096 MHz
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops 1,505 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 640
Texture fill rate 29.6 GTexel / s 47.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,870 million
Boost clock speed 1176 MHz
CUDA cores 640

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB / s 80 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI