GeForce 945A vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 945A and Radeon HD 7870 XT. 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 Radeon HD 7870 XT. 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
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Main Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon HD 7870 XT
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 185 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT has 460% more power consumption, than GeForce 945A.
  • GeForce 945A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon HD 7870 XT uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 945A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 945A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 945A is 147 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
  • GeForce 945A and Radeon HD 7870 XT are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 988 MHz higher, than GeForce 945A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 20−22 60−65
medium / 1080p 10−12 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 XT in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 272% more, than GeForce 945A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon HD 7870 XT
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Tahiti
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 March 2015 19 November 2012
Pipelines 384 1536
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 1189 MHz 975 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.54 93.60
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 2,995 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.0
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