NVIDIA GeForce 845M vs ATI FireGL X1-256

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 845M and ATI FireGL X1-256 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 845M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 3.3x more core clock speed: 1071 MHz vs 325 MHz
  • 10.6x more texture fill rate: 27.62 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
  • Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 37 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
  • 8.1x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 620 MHz
  • 25.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1524 vs 59
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 213 vs 167
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 August 2015 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed 1071 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate 27.62 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 37 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 620 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1524 vs 59
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 vs 167

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 845M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL X1-256

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1524
59
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
213
167
Name NVIDIA GeForce 845M ATI FireGL X1-256
PassMark - G3D Mark 1524 59
PassMark - G2D Mark 213 167
Geekbench - OpenCL 6112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.295
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 22.387
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 76.073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3287
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2320
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3287
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 845M ATI FireGL X1-256

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Rage 8
Code name GM108 R300
Launch date 26 August 2015 1 July 2002
Place in performance rating 1019 1014
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 1071 MHz 325 MHz
Floating-point performance 883.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 150 nm
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 27.62 GTexel / s 2.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 37 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 110 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 AGP 8x
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 9.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s 19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 620 MHz
Memory type DDR3 / GDDR5 DDR
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus