NVIDIA GeForce 945M vs AMD Radeon R9 M360

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945M and AMD Radeon R9 M360 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 29.81 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 1% better floating-point performance: 953.9 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2109 vs 1838
  • Around 47% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.633 vs 19.479
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.988 vs 1.902
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 107.094 vs 87.811
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2961 vs 2801
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 1623
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2961 vs 2801
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 1623
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 October 2015 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1085 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 29.81 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2109 vs 1838
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.633 vs 19.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.988 vs 1.902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.094 vs 87.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2961 vs 2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 vs 1623
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2961 vs 2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 vs 1623

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M360

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 446 vs 240
  • Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8481 vs 8099
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 575.773 vs 380.461
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 34.15 vs 31.027
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3343
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3343
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 446 vs 240
Geekbench - OpenCL 8481 vs 8099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 575.773 vs 380.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 34.15 vs 31.027
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3343

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M360

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2109
1838
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
240
446
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8099
8481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.633
19.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
380.461
575.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.988
1.902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.027
34.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
107.094
87.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2961
2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
1623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2961
2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
1623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3360
Name NVIDIA GeForce 945M AMD Radeon R9 M360
PassMark - G3D Mark 2109 1838
PassMark - G2D Mark 240 446
Geekbench - OpenCL 8099 8481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.633 19.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 380.461 575.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.988 1.902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.027 34.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.094 87.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2961 2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 1623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2961 2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 1623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 3360

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 945M AMD Radeon R9 M360

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM107 Tropo
Launch date 27 October 2015 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 961 962
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1085 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops 947.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 512
Texture fill rate 29.81 GTexel / s 29.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,500 million
Compute units 8

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore