GeForce 945A vs Radeon HD 6950M

In this comparison between GeForce 945A and Radeon HD 6950M you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people GeForce 945A will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 6950M will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Radeon HD 6950M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6950M 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 HD 6950M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon HD 6950M
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 6950M has 51% more power consumption, than GeForce 945A.
  • GeForce 945A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 6950M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon HD 6950M has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 945A.
  • GeForce 945A is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6950M - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 945A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6950M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 945A is 492 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • GeForce 945A is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 945A is 4112 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 8−9
ultra / 1080p 5−6 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 20−22 20−22
medium / 1080p 10−12 10−12
GeForce 945A and Radeon HD 6950M have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon HD 6950M
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name GM108 Blackcomb Pro
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 March 2015 6 January 2011
Pipelines 384 960
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 580 MHz
Boost Clock 1189 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 28.54 27.84
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 1,113.6 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 108 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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