AMD Radeon R9 370X vs NVIDIA GeForce 845M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X and NVIDIA GeForce 845M 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 370X

NVIDIA GeForce 845M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

3x more texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 27.62 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
3x better floating-point performance: 2,637 gflops vs 883.7 gflops
Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 5012 MHz
4.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 25659 vs 6112
4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.39 vs 1.295
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 88.44 vs 22.387
4.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 337.583 vs 76.073
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8393 vs 2320
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 3287
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8393 vs 2320
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 vs 3287

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s vs 27.62 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops vs 883.7 gflops
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	25659 vs 6112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.39 vs 1.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	88.44 vs 22.387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	337.583 vs 76.073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8393 vs 2320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704 vs 3287
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8393 vs 2320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704 vs 3287

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 845M

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1071 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1030 MHz
5.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 180 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1071 MHz vs 980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3348

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 845M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

25659

6112

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.39

1.295

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

88.44

22.387

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

337.583

76.073

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8393

2320

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3704

3287

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8393

2320

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3704

3287

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3348

3358

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370X	NVIDIA GeForce 845M
Geekbench - OpenCL	25659	6112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.39	1.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	88.44	22.387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	337.583	76.073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8393	2320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704	3287
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8393	2320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704	3287
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348	3358
PassMark - G3D Mark		1524
PassMark - G2D Mark		213

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370X	NVIDIA GeForce 845M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Maxwell
Code name	Trinidad	GM108
Launch date	27 August 2015	26 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	553	1041
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	1071 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops	883.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1280	384
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s	27.62 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB / s	16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus