NVIDIA GeForce 945M vs ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945M and ATI Radeon X1600 PRO 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

ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 500 MHz
14.9x more texture fill rate: 29.81 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 780 MHz
21.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2108 vs 99

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 October 2015 vs 1 October 2007
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	29.81 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2108 vs 99

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 41 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 273 vs 255

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	273 vs 255

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2108

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

255

273

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 945M	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	2108	99
PassMark - G2D Mark	255	273
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 945M	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	R500
Code name	GM107	RV530
Launch date	27 October 2015	1 October 2007
Place in performance rating	950	612
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	953.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	29.81 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	41 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	12.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	780 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus