GeForce 945M vs Radeon Pro 450

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 945M and Radeon Pro 450. 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 945M and Radeon Pro 450. 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 945M and Radeon Pro 450 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 945M and Radeon Pro 450 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 Pro 450 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 945M Radeon Pro 450
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 35 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce 945M has 114% more power consumption, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • GeForce 945M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Pro 450 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce 945M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • GeForce 945M is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro 450 - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce 945M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Pro 450 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 945M is 128 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro 450.
  • GeForce 945M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 450 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 450 is 3080 MHz higher, than GeForce 945M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 14−16
ultra / 1080p 6−7 8−9
QHD / 1440p 1−2 3−4
low / 720p 24−27 27−30
medium / 1080p 12−14 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 450 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 27% more, than GeForce 945M.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945M Radeon Pro 450
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name GM107 Polaris 11
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 12 March 2015 27 October 2016
Pipelines 512 640
Core clock speed 928 MHz 800 MHz
Boost Clock 1045 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 40.80 32.00
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops 1,024 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 81.28 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 +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s 127 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized large
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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