GeForce 845M vs Radeon R9 M385

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 845M and Radeon R9 M385, 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 R9 M385, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 845M and Radeon R9 M385 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 845M and Radeon R9 M385 are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon R9 M385 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 845M Radeon R9 M385
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce 845M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 M385 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M385 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce 845M.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 845M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M385 - with GCN.
  • GeForce 845M and Radeon R9 M385 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 845M is 500 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M385.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 10−12
ultra / 1080p 1−2 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 14−16 24−27
medium / 1080p 6−7 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M385 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 133% more, than GeForce 845M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 845M Radeon R9 M385
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM108 Strato
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2014 16 June 2015
Pipelines 384 896
Core clock speed 1071 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz 1100 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 37.63 56.00
Floating-point performance 883.7 gflops 1,792 gflops
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 - 5000 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 76 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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