AMD Radeon HD 6790 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6790 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
- 3.2x more texture fill rate: 33.6 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
- 5.6x more pipelines: 800 vs 144
- 4x better floating-point performance: 1,344.0 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
- 3.4x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 1250 MHz
- Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1590 vs 811
- Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 367 vs 203
- Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3534 vs 3274
- Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3534 vs 3274
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 4 April 2011 vs 3 September 2010 |
| Texture fill rate | 33.6 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 800 vs 144 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,344.0 gflops vs 339.8 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 4200 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1590 vs 811 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 367 vs 203 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3534 vs 3274 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3534 vs 3274 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
- Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 840 MHz
- 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
- 3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
| Core clock speed | 1180 MHz vs 840 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt vs 150 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 3 GB vs 1 GB |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6790
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
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| Name | AMD Radeon HD 6790 | NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1590 | 811 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 367 | 203 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 12.318 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 750.421 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.234 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 28.768 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 121.423 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3127 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3534 | 3274 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3127 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3534 | 3274 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 | 3350 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12379 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon HD 6790 | NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Fermi |
| Code name | Barts | GF106 |
| Launch date | 4 April 2011 | 3 September 2010 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $149 | |
| Place in performance rating | 880 | 881 |
| Price now | $64.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 39.40 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 840 MHz | 1180 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,344.0 gflops | 339.8 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 800 | 144 |
| Texture fill rate | 33.6 GTexel / s | 10.6 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,700 million | 1,170 million |
| CUDA cores | 144 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 198 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | |
| Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 API |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 134.4 GB / s | 60.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4200 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
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