GeForce 945A vs Radeon R9 380

In this comparison between GeForce 945A and Radeon R9 380 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people GeForce 945A will be the best choice, for others Radeon R9 380 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon R9 380
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380 has 475% more power consumption, than GeForce 945A.
  • GeForce 945A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 380 has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce 945A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 945A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • GeForce 945A and Radeon R9 380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 945A is 4042 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 20−22 60−65
medium / 1080p 10−12 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 272% more, than GeForce 945A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon R9 380
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM108 Tonga Pro
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 March 2015 26 June 2015
Pipelines 384 1792
Core clock speed 1072 MHz
Boost Clock 1189 MHz 970 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.54 108.6
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 3,476 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.0
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 108 Mh/s 404 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.66 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 18 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 168.45 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Form factor full height / full length / dual slot
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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