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    GeForce 945M vs Radeon 520

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 945M and Radeon 520, 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 520, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce 945M and Radeon 520 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce 945M and Radeon 520 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 520 here:

    GeForce 945M Laptops
    Radeon 520 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce 945M Radeon 520
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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    • GeForce 945M has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon 520.
    • GeForce 945M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon 520 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
    • GeForce 945M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon 520.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce 945M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon 520 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon 520 is 102 MHz higher, than GeForce 945M.
    • GeForce 945M and Radeon 520 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon 520 is 250 MHz higher, than GeForce 945M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−11 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 −
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
    low / 720p 24−27 1−2
    medium / 1080p 12−14 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce 945M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2400% more, than Radeon 520.

    Full Specs

      GeForce 945M Radeon 520
    Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
    Code name GM107 Oland
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2015 21 March 2017
    Pipelines 512 320
    Core clock speed 928 MHz 1030 MHz
    Boost Clock 1045 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 1,040 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 40.80 20.60
    Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops 659.2 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 2250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 16 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 12.0
    Shader Model 5.1 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 +
    CUDA +
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized
    Optimus +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
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