GeForce 945A vs Radeon RX Vega M GL 870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 945A and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870, 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 945A stacks up against Radeon RX Vega M GL 870, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 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 RX Vega M GL 870 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon RX Vega M GL 870
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce 945A.
  • GeForce 945A is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 945A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 - with Vega.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 945A is 141 MHz higher, than Radeon RX Vega M GL 870.
  • GeForce 945A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega M GL 870 - by 14 nm process technology.

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 RX Vega M GL 870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 272% more, than GeForce 945A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon RX Vega M GL 870
Architecture Maxwell Vega
Code name GM108 Vega Kaby Lake-G
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 March 2015 7 January 2018
Pipelines 384 1280
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 931 MHz
Boost Clock 1189 MHz 1011 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 28.54
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12_1
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 108 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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