GeForce 945A vs Radeon R9 M470

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 945A and Radeon R9 M470. 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 945A and Radeon R9 M470. 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 R9 M470 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M470 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 M470 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon R9 M470
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce 945A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Radeon R9 M470 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 M470 has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce 945A.
  • GeForce 945A is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M470 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 945A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M470 - with GCN 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 945A is 72 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M470.
  • GeForce 945A and Radeon R9 M470 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M470 is 988 MHz higher, than GeForce 945A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 12−14
ultra / 1080p 5−6 7−8
QHD / 1440p 0−1 2−3
low / 720p 20−22 24−27
medium / 1080p 10−12 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M470 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 36% more, than GeForce 945A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 945A Radeon R9 M470
Architecture Maxwell GCN 2
Code name GM108 Saturn
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 March 2015 14 May 2016
Pipelines 384 768
Core clock speed 1072 MHz 1000 MHz
Boost Clock 1189 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.54 48.00
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops 1,536 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 108 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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