NVIDIA GeForce 945M vs AMD Radeon HD 8410G IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945M and AMD Radeon HD 8410G IGP 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 945M

AMD Radeon HD 8410G IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 72% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 720 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2109 vs 435
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 1962
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3343 vs 2332
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 1962
Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3343 vs 2332

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 October 2015 vs 23 May 2013
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz vs 720 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2109 vs 435
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683 vs 1962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343 vs 2332
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683 vs 1962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343 vs 2332

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8410G IGP

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 263 vs 240

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	263 vs 240

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8410G IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2109

435

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

240

263

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3683

1962

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3343

2332

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3683

1962

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3343

2332

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 945M	AMD Radeon HD 8410G IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	2109	435
PassMark - G2D Mark	240	263
Geekbench - OpenCL	8099
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683	1962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343	2332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683	1962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343	2332

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 945M	AMD Radeon HD 8410G IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 3
Code name	GM107	Scrapper
Launch date	27 October 2015	23 May 2013
Place in performance rating	951	954
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz	720 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	953.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	29.81 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,303 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	IGP
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus