NVIDIA GeForce 945M vs Intel HD Graphics 2000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945M and Intel HD Graphics 2000 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 85.3x more pipelines: 512 vs 6
  • 93.5x better floating-point performance: 953.9 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 9.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2108 vs 213
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3343 vs 1039
  • 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3343 vs 1039
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 October 2015 vs 5 January 2011
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 850 MHz
Pipelines 512 vs 6
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2108 vs 213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 vs 1039

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2000

  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1085 MHz
  • 28.5x more texture fill rate: 850 MTexel / s vs 29.81 GTexel / s
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 456 vs 255
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz vs 1085 MHz
Texture fill rate 850 MTexel / s vs 29.81 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 456 vs 255

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2108
213
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
255
456
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
1039
Name NVIDIA GeForce 945M Intel HD Graphics 2000
PassMark - G3D Mark 2108 213
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 456
Geekbench - OpenCL 8099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 380.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 1039

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 945M Intel HD Graphics 2000

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Generation 6.0
Code name GM107 Sandy Bridge GT1
Launch date 27 October 2015 5 January 2011
Place in performance rating 952 687
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1085 MHz 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops 10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 512 6
Texture fill rate 29.81 GTexel / s 850 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 189 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0 1

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus