ATI WinBoost vs Radeon R8 M445DX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking875not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code nameMesoMach64
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 May 2016 (8 years ago)1 November 1995 (29 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$229

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 cores320no data
Core clock speed780 MHz40 MHz
Boost clock speed1021 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,550 million1 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm600 nm
Texture fill rate20.42no data
Floating-point processing power0.6534 TFLOPSno data
ROPs81
TMUs20no data

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
InterfaceIGPPCI
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeSystem SharedEDO
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared40 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data320.0 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)N/A
Shader Model6.0no data
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 May 2016 1 November 1995
Chip lithography 28 nm 600 nm

R8 M445DX has an age advantage of 20 years, and a 2042.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R8 M445DX and WinBoost. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R8 M445DX is a notebook card while WinBoost is a desktop one.


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