GeForce GT 745A vs Radeon Sky 500

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GT 745A and Radeon Sky 500. 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 745A and Radeon Sky 500. 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.
GeForce GT 745A
Radeon Sky 500

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 745A Radeon Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DisplayPort
 
  • Radeon Sky 500 has 354% more power consumption, than GeForce GT 745A.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon Sky 500 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GT 745A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GT 745A is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 113 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 745A.
  • GeForce GT 745A and Radeon Sky 500 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 3000 MHz higher, than GeForce GT 745A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 35−40
ultra / 1080p 0−1 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 12−14 60−65
medium / 1080p 4−5 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 683% more, than GeForce GT 745A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 745A Radeon Sky 500
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK107 Pitcairn
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 26 August 2013 27 March 2013
Pipelines 384 1280
Core clock speed 837 MHz 950 MHz
Boost Clock 915 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 29.28 76.00
Floating-point performance 642.8 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 242 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 154 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 3.0
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 26 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +