GeForce 945M vs Radeon R7 A265

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 945M and Radeon R7 A265, 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 A265, 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 A265
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce 945M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R7 A265 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GeForce 945M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 A265.
  • GeForce 945M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 A265 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 945M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 A265 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 945M is 203 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 A265.
  • GeForce 945M and Radeon R7 A265 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce 945M is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 A265.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 1−2
ultra / 1080p 6−7 0−1
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 12−14
medium / 1080p 12−14 3−4
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 945M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 166% more, than Radeon R7 A265.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945M Radeon R7 A265
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM107 Opal
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 12 March 2015 9 January 2014
Pipelines 512 384
Core clock speed 928 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1045 MHz 825 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 40.80 19.80
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops 633.6 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA +
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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