GeForce 945A vs Radeon R7 M270

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 945A and Radeon R7 M270. 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 R7 M270. 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.

Radeon R7 M270 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 M270 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 Radeon R7 M270 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon R7 M270
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR5 Not Listed
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce 945A is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 M270 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 945A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 M270 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 945A is 247 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M270.
  • GeForce 945A and Radeon R7 M270 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 0−1
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 20−22 1−2
medium / 1080p 10−12 0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 945A in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2000% more, than Radeon R7 M270.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon R7 M270
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM108 Opal XT / Mars
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 March 2015 7 January 2014
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 825 MHz
Boost Clock 1189 MHz
Transistor count 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.54 19.80
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 633.6 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 108 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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