AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 1 April 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 837 MHz vs 775 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 26.78 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
2.6x better floating-point performance: 642.8 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 176 vs 164
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1092 vs 336
4.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3333 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	837 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	26.78 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	642.8 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	176 vs 164
PassMark - G3D Mark	1092 vs 336
Geekbench - OpenCL	3333 vs 782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

164

176

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

336

1092

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

782

3333

Name	AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
PassMark - G2D Mark	164	176
PassMark - G3D Mark	336	1092
Geekbench - OpenCL	782	3333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		10.489
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		202.905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		8.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		19.323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2255
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3133
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2255
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3133
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Kepler
Code name	Caicos	GK107
Design	AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Launch date	21 December 2013	1 April 2013
Place in performance rating	1269	1279
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	837 MHz
Floating-point performance	248.0 gflops	642.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	160	384
Texture fill rate	6.2 GTexel / s	26.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	1,270 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	11	12 API
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		DDR3 / GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus