GeForce GT 545 vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GT 545 and Radeon R7 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 GT 545 and Radeon R7 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.

Radeon R7 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 Carrizo 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 Radeon R7 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 545 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • GeForce GT 545 has 483% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.
  • GeForce GT 545 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GT 545 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce GT 545 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 2−3
ultra / 1080p 0−1 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 12−14
medium / 1080p 3−4 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 Carrizo in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than GeForce GT 545.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 545 Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GF116 Carrizo
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 14 May 2011 4 June 2015
Pipelines 144 512
Core clock speed 720 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.28
Floating-point performance 414.7 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 35 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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