NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

GeForce GT 545 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 14 May 2011. At the time of release, the videocard cost $149. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Fermi 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GF116.

Core clock speed - 720 MHz. Texture fill rate - 17.28 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 144. Floating-point performance - 414.7 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,170 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 70 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1536 MB. Memory bus width - 192 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 38.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
1105
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
325
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
3673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
10.320 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
306.536 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
0.883 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
18.564 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
35.369 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1893 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3323 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3356 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1893.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3323.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3356.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1105
PassMark - G2D Mark 325
Geekbench - OpenCL 3673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 10.320 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 306.536 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.883 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 18.564 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 35.369 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1893 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3323 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3356 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1893.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3323.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3356.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0
Code name GF116
Launch date 14 May 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $149
Place in performance rating 1086
Price now $55.59
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 26.90

Technical info

Core clock speed 720 MHz
Floating-point performance 414.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 144
Texture fill rate 17.28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3