NVIDIA GeForce 945M vs NVIDIA GeForce 800A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945M and NVIDIA GeForce 800A 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 945M

NVIDIA GeForce 800A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 738 MHz
5x more texture fill rate: 29.81 GTexel / s vs 5.904 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 512 vs 48
6.7x better floating-point performance: 953.9 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2109 vs 477
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 240 vs 165

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 October 2015 vs 17 March 2014
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 738 MHz
Texture fill rate	29.81 GTexel / s vs 5.904 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 48
Floating-point performance	953.9 gflops vs 141.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2109 vs 477
PassMark - G2D Mark	240 vs 165

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 800A

5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 800A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2109

477

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

240

165

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 945M	NVIDIA GeForce 800A
PassMark - G3D Mark	2109	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	240	165
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 945M	NVIDIA GeForce 800A
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GM107	GF119
Launch date	27 October 2015	17 March 2014
Place in performance rating	961	963
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	738 MHz
Floating-point performance	953.9 gflops	141.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	512	48
Texture fill rate	29.81 GTexel / s	5.904 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	292 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 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
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	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus