AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 11% higher pipelines: 160 vs 144
Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 3 September 2010
Pipelines	160 vs 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 35 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 875 MHz
Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 10.6 billion / sec vs 7 GTexel / s
Around 21% better floating-point performance: 339.8 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 811 vs 277

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1180 MHz vs 875 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.6 billion / sec vs 7 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	339.8 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	203 vs 202
PassMark - G3D Mark	811 vs 277

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

202

203

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

277

811

Name	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
PassMark - G2D Mark	202	203
PassMark - G3D Mark	277	811
Geekbench - OpenCL		12379
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3274
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Caicos	GF106
Launch date	21 December 2013	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	865	867
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	875 MHz	1180 MHz
Floating-point performance	280.0 gflops	339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	144
Texture fill rate	7 GTexel / s	10.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	1,170 million
CUDA cores		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI