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).

NVIDIA GeForce 845M

ATI FireGL X1-256

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

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	1030	1027
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