GeForce 845M vs Radeon R6 Carrizo

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 845M and Radeon R6 Carrizo. 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 845M and Radeon R6 Carrizo. 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 845M and Radeon R6 Carrizo are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 845M and Radeon R6 Carrizo 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 845M or Radeon R6 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 845M Radeon R6 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce 845M has 275% more power consumption, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 845M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce 845M and Radeon R6 Carrizo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 0−1
ultra / 1080p 1−2 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 10−12
medium / 1080p 6−7 2−3
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 845M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  GeForce 845M Radeon R6 Carrizo
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GM108 Carrizo
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 12 March 2014 4 June 2015
Pipelines 384 384
Core clock speed 1071 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 37.63
Floating-point performance 883.7 gflops
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 - 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s
Shared memory - +
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 76 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Optimus +
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