GeForce 945M vs Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 945M and Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics, 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 945M stacks up against Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 945M and Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 945M and Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics 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 945M or Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 945M Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 945M is 208 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics.
  • GeForce 945M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics - by 32 / 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 945M is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 1−2
ultra / 1080p 6−7 0−1
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 12−14
medium / 1080p 12−14 3−4
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 945M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 166% more, than Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945M Radeon HD 8550G plus HD 8750M Dual Graphics
Architecture Maxwell
Code name GM107
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2015 1 August 2013
Pipelines 512 640
Core clock speed 928 MHz 720 / 825 MHz
Boost Clock 1045 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 / 28 nm
Texture fill rate 40.80
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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