GeForce 945A vs Radeon HD 6950

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 945A and Radeon HD 6950. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 945A and Radeon HD 6950. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon HD 6950
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 500 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6950 has 1415% more power consumption, than GeForce 945A.
  • GeForce 945A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 6950 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 6950 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 945A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 945A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6950 - with TeraScale 3.
  • GeForce 945A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 945A is 3762 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 14−16
ultra / 1080p 5−6 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 20−22 27−30
medium / 1080p 10−12 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 54% more, than GeForce 945A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon HD 6950
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 3
Code name GM108 Cayman
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 March 2015 14 December 2010
Pipelines 384 1408
Core clock speed 1072 MHz
Boost Clock 1189 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 28.54 70.40
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 2,252.8 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 108 Mh/s 244 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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