GeForce 945M vs Radeon R7 250X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 945M and Radeon R7 250X, 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 R7 250X, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 945M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce 945M 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 GeForce 945M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 945M Radeon R7 250X
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 80 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R7 250X has 6% more power consumption, than GeForce 945M.
  • GeForce 945M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R7 250X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 945M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 250X.
  • GeForce 945M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 250X - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 945M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 250X - with GCN 1.0.
  • GeForce 945M and Radeon R7 250X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 945M is 375 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 10−12
ultra / 1080p 6−7 6−7
QHD / 1440p 1−2 1−2
low / 720p 24−27 24−27
medium / 1080p 12−14 14−16
GeForce 945M and Radeon R7 250X have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945M Radeon R7 250X
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM107 Cape Verde
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 12 March 2015 13 February 2014
Pipelines 512 640
Core clock speed 928 MHz
Boost Clock 1045 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 40.80 38.00
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops 1,216 gflops
Length 210 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s 152 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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