GeForce GT 545 vs Radeon R9 M380

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 545 and Radeon R9 M380, 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 GT 545 stacks up against Radeon R9 M380, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M380 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M380 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 R9 M380 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 545 Radeon R9 M380
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs
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  • GeForce GT 545 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 M380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GT 545 has 1532 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M380.
  • GeForce GT 545 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M380 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GT 545 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 M380 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M380 is 280 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 545.
  • GeForce GT 545 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M380 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 545 is 100 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 16−18
ultra / 1080p 0−1 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 12−14 30−35
medium / 1080p 3−4 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 283% more, than GeForce GT 545.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 545 Radeon R9 M380
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN
Code name GF116 Strato Pro GDDR5
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 14 May 2011 16 June 2015
Pipelines 144 768
Core clock speed 720 MHz 1000 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.28 48.00
Floating-point performance 414.7 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 35 Mh/s 194 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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