ATI Rage 128 Ultra vs GeForce 945M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking606not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.07no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Rage 4 (1998−1999)
GPU code nameGM107Rage 4
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date27 October 2015 (9 years ago)1 August 1999 (25 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores640no data
Core clock speed928 MHz119 MHz
Boost clock speed1020 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million8 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate40.800.24
Floating-point processing power1.306 TFLOPSno data
ROPs162
TMUs402

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3SDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB32 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz119 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s952.0 MB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x VGA

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)6.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.2
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 October 2015 1 August 1999
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 250 nm

GeForce 945M has an age advantage of 16 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 792.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 945M and Rage 128 Ultra. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 945M is a notebook card while Rage 128 Ultra is a desktop one.


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