GeForce 945A vs GRID K520

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 945A and GRID K520. 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 GRID K520. 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.
GeForce 945A
GRID K520

Main Specs

  GeForce 945A GRID K520
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
 
  • GRID K520 has 581% more power consumption, than GeForce 945A.
  • GeForce 945A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and GRID K520 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID K520 has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce 945A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 945A is build with Maxwell architecture, and GRID K520 - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 945A is 327 MHz higher, than GRID K520.
  • GeForce 945A and GRID K520 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 945A is 12 MHz higher, than GRID K520.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 16−18
ultra / 1080p 5−6 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 20−22 30−35
medium / 1080p 10−12 20−22
The average gaming FPS of GRID K520 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 81% more, than GeForce 945A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945A GRID K520
Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name GM108 GK104
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 13 March 2015 23 July 2013
Pipelines 384 1536
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 745 MHz
Boost Clock 1189 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.54 95.36
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 2x 2,448 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 108 Mh/s 76 Mh/s