NVIDIA GeForce 945M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 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 945M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 797 MHz
- Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 915 MHz
- Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 225
- Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.633 vs 22.828
- Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 380.461 vs 210.585
- Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 31.027 vs 28.662
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 27 October 2015 vs 10 March 2014 |
| Core clock speed | 1029 MHz vs 797 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1085 MHz vs 915 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 255 vs 225 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 28.633 vs 22.828 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 380.461 vs 210.585 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 31.027 vs 28.662 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3343 vs 3340 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3343 vs 3340 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
- Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 43.4 GTexel / s vs 29.81 GTexel / s
- Around 25% higher pipelines: 640 vs 512
- Around 46% better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 953.9 gflops
- Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3028 vs 2108
- Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10102 vs 8099
- Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.416 vs 1.988
- Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 162.83 vs 107.094
- Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4938 vs 2961
- Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4938 vs 2961
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 43.4 GTexel / s vs 29.81 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 640 vs 512 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,389 gflops vs 953.9 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3028 vs 2108 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 10102 vs 8099 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.416 vs 1.988 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 162.83 vs 107.094 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4938 vs 2961 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3684 vs 3683 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4938 vs 2961 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3684 vs 3683 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce 945M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2108 | 3028 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 255 | 225 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 8099 | 10102 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 28.633 | 22.828 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 380.461 | 210.585 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.988 | 3.416 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 31.027 | 28.662 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 107.094 | 162.83 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2961 | 4938 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3683 | 3684 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3343 | 3340 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2961 | 4938 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3683 | 3684 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3343 | 3340 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1151 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce 945M | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell | Kepler |
| Code name | GM107 | GK104 |
| Launch date | 27 October 2015 | 10 March 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | 952 | 898 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1085 MHz | 915 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1029 MHz | 797 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 953.9 gflops | 1,389 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 512 | 640 |
| Texture fill rate | 29.81 GTexel / s | 43.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,870 million | 3,540 million |
| CUDA cores | 1152 or 640 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | ||
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 3840x2160 | |
| eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 3840x2160 | |
| HDCP content protection | ||
| HDMI | ||
| LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | |
| TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | ||
| VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | medium sized |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 16.02 GB / s | 80.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
| Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | |
Technologies |
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| GeForce Experience | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| Optimus | ||
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| Adaptive VSync | ||
| Ansel | ||
| BatteryBoost | ||
| Direct Compute | ||
| FXAA | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||
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