NVIDIA GeForce 930M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A 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 - 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 928 MHz vs 837 MHz
  • Around 12% better floating-point performance: 722.7 gflops vs 642.8 gflops
  • Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.344 vs 12.446
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.225 vs 0.883
  • Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 19.899 vs 14.778
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 84.246 vs 25.74
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 26 August 2013
Core clock speed 928 MHz vs 837 MHz
Floating-point performance 722.7 gflops vs 642.8 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.344 vs 12.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.225 vs 0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.899 vs 14.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.246 vs 25.74

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

  • Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 26.78 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1238 vs 1014
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 149
  • 3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19809 vs 5264
  • Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 278.161 vs 166.907
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 26.78 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1238 vs 1014
PassMark - G2D Mark 305 vs 149
Geekbench - OpenCL 19809 vs 5264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 278.161 vs 166.907

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1014
1238
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
149
305
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5264
19809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.344
12.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
166.907
278.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.225
0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.899
14.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
84.246
25.74
Name NVIDIA GeForce 930M NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
PassMark - G3D Mark 1014 1238
PassMark - G2D Mark 149 305
Geekbench - OpenCL 5264 19809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.344 12.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 166.907 278.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.225 0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.899 14.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.246 25.74
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 930M NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name GM108 GK107
Launch date 13 March 2015 26 August 2013
Place in performance rating 1215 1218
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 941 MHz
Core clock speed 928 MHz 837 MHz
Floating-point performance 722.7 gflops 642.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 22.58 GTexel / s 26.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 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
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus