GeForce 845M vs Radeon R7 250

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 845M and Radeon R7 250, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 845M stacks up against Radeon R7 250, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 845M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce 845M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce 845M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 845M Radeon R7 250
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors N/A
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Radeon R7 250 has 66% more power consumption, than GeForce 845M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce 845M and Radeon R7 250 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce 845M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 250 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 845M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
  • GeForce 845M and Radeon R7 250 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 845M is 850 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 6−7 5−6
GeForce 845M and Radeon R7 250 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce 845M Radeon R7 250
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM108 Oland XT
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 12 March 2014 1 October 2013
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 1071 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz 1050 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 37.63 25.20
Floating-point performance 883.7 gflops 716.8 gflops
Length 168 mm
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 - 5000 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 76 Mh/s 117 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3 Mh/s
AppAcceleration +
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