GeForce 945M vs Radeon 540X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 945M and Radeon 540X, 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 540X, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 945M and Radeon 540X are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 945M and Radeon 540X 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 540X here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 945M Radeon 540X
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce 945M has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon 540X.
  • GeForce 945M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon 540X uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce 945M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon 540X.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 945M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon 540X - with GCN 4.0.
  • GeForce 945M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon 540X - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon 540X is 4000 MHz higher, than GeForce 945M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 6−7
ultra / 1080p 6−7 3−4
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 14−16
medium / 1080p 12−14 7−8
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 945M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 62% more, than Radeon 540X.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945M Radeon 540X
Architecture Maxwell GCN 4.0
Code name GM107 Lexa
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2015 12 August 2019
Pipelines 512 512
Core clock speed 928 MHz
Boost Clock 1045 MHz 1219 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 40.80 33.47
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 112.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
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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