NVIDIA GeForce 845M videocard review

GeForce 845M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 26 August 2015. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Maxwell microarchitecture codenamed GM108.

Core clock speed - 1071 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1176 MHz. Texture fill rate - 27.62 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 384. Floating-point performance - 883.7 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,870 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 33 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3 / GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 64 / 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 5012 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 16.02 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38287

1489

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1401

204

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

346719

6112

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

98.472 Frames/s

1.295 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

22.387 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

3080.809 mHash/s

76.073 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

2320 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

3287 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3358 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

2320.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

3287.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3358.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	1489
PassMark - G2D Mark	204
Geekbench - OpenCL	6112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	1.295 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	22.387 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	76.073 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	2320 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3287 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3358 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	2320.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3287.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3358.000 Fps

Games performance

1. Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)
2. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)
3. Alien: Isolation (2014)
4. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
5. Sims 4 (2014)

6. Thief (2014)
7. Battlefield 4 (2013)
8. BioShock Infinite (2013)
9. Tomb Raider (2013)
10. Crysis 3 (2013)

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x768	31.50
Medium, 1366x768	27.00
High, 1920x1080	19.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	12.70

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Low, 1024x768	50.40
Medium, 1366x768	30.10
High, 1920x1080	20.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	12.80

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Medium, 1366x768	68.50
High, 1920x1080	33.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	27.40

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x720	58.40
Medium, 1344x756	41.20
High, 1920x1080	22.40

Sims 4 (2014)

Medium, 1366x768	56.20
High, 1920x1080	30.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	26.30

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x768	31.30
Medium, 1366x768	20.10
High, 1366x768	17.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	8.30

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	56.40
Medium, 1366x768	37.00
High, 1366x768	27.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	10.90

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Medium, 1366x768	42.70
High, 1366x768	39.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	13.90

Tomb Raider (2013)

Medium, 1366x768	47.30
High, 1366x768	36.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	14.80

Crysis 3 (2013)

Medium, 1366x768	29.40
High, 1366x768	18.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	6.30

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell
Code name	GM108
Launch date	26 August 2015
Place in performance rating	1015
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	1071 MHz
Floating-point performance	883.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	27.62 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus