NVIDIA GeForce 845M vs NVIDIA GRID K160Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 845M and NVIDIA GRID K160Q 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

NVIDIA GRID K160Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 845M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1071 MHz vs 850 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 27.62 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
2.7x better floating-point performance: 883.7 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 130 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1782 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1524 vs 628
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2320 vs 1237
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3287 vs 1871
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2654
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2320 vs 1237
Around 76% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3287 vs 1871
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2654

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 August 2015 vs 28 June 2013
Core clock speed	1071 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	27.62 GTexel / s vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	883.7 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1782 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1524 vs 628
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2320 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3287 vs 1871
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 2654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2320 vs 1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3287 vs 1871
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 2654

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K160Q

Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 213

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	262 vs 213

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 845M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K160Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1524

628

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

213

262

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2320

1237

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3287

1871

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

2654

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2320

1237

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3287

1871

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

2654

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 845M	NVIDIA GRID K160Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	1524	628
PassMark - G2D Mark	213	262
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	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3287	1871
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	2654
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2320	1237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3287	1871
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	2654

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 845M	NVIDIA GRID K160Q
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Kepler
Code name	GM108	GK107
Launch date	26 August 2015	28 June 2013
Place in performance rating	1042	1045
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$125
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	1071 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	883.7 gflops	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	192
Texture fill rate	27.62 GTexel / s	13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,270 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1782 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus