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
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 945M | AMD Radeon R9 M360 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Eyefinity | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
Mantle | ||
OpenCL | Not Listed | |
Memory |
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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 |
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CUDA | ||
GameWorks | ||
GeForce Experience | ||
GPU Boost | ||
Optimus | ||
AMD Eyefinity | ||
DualGraphics | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
PowerTune | ||
Switchable graphics | ||
ZeroCore |